Do majority of PTC voters want annexing?

Do

majority of PTC voters want annexing?

Thursday night the

Peachtree City City Council lifted the annexation

moratorium that has been in place since 1997. Mayor Bob

Lenox was quoted as saying, " I'll make a bold

statement that no one knows as much as I do about

Peachtree City."

How pompous can you get?

There are thousands of residents who may feel

differently. So I have a few questions for Mayor Lenox.

- How many additional

police will be needed due to annexation?

- How much additional

water per day and sewage treatment will be required?

- How many additional

school classrooms, teachers and administrators, school

buildings and maintenance crews will be required?

- Is our current fire

department capable of handling the annexation with their

current budget?

- How many additional

vehicles per day will be using our roads?

- When will this all

stop? (or it least slowdown)

- Who will pay for all

of this?

While the mayor may have a

great concern regarding the use of this land if Peachtree

City does not annex it, I do not believe that the

majority of the voters want to pay to develop this

land. This is exactly what this is.

This is an additional cost

to each and every taxpayer in Peachtree City. Whether it

is when a police officer not available due to shortage of

help, we stay on water restrictions forever, the endless

arguing over how to budget for schools, police, fire and

other infrastructure necessary, etc. Our quality of life

will be affected.

While the tax digest will

increase, I do not believe that it will be enough to pay

all the expenses forthcoming from this annexation.

While many people may just

take it for granted, I know many who won't. These voters

will remember in the next election. As I said in a

previous letter, this will not be soon enough.

Don Campbell

Peachtree City