Mayor's critics must not be on 'home team'

Mayor's

critics must not be on 'home team'

I was at the

Peachtree City Council meeting March 16 and listened as

the mayor read parts of his letter that The Citizen

published Wednesday. For some reason he neglected to read

the part about Dan Tennant being a "self-righteous,

pompously indignant - woefully inept -

councilman." Anyway, none of what I heard there or

read in the letter itself changes anything.

The mayor said that he had

30 seconds to decide what to do. He then presents three

reasons why he did what he did. He could not even say

those three things in 30 seconds, much less think them

up. If his reasons for stopping Steve Brown from speaking

were thought up at the meeting, why did the mayor not

share them at that time? The only explanation is that Mr.

Lenox came up with them long after the meeting.

In soccer, the referees

determine what kind of game is played. Some will allow

rough play, while others will make calls on minor

contact. No one really minds which way the game is

called, as long as it is called the same for both sides.

On the 16th, "my meeting" Bob stated that he

was 60 percent responsible for the problems Mr. Lindsey

created. Since he did not call a "foul" on Mr.

Lindsey,he should have allowed the same "rough

play" for Steve Brown. But as we often find at away

games, only the home team gets the calls. And if you ever

criticize the mayor you are certainly not on the home

team.

I am sure Mr. Lenox did not

want his preliminary notes published with his letter, bit

I applaud The Citizen for doing just that. Is that not

just like the mayor, ordering people around? Control

freaks never do let up. And the mayor does enjoy being in

control.

Bob Lenox reminds me a lot

of my children. They think that if they use enough words

it will change what the rest of us have just seen and

heard. As I tell my kids, mayor, if you would just make

good choices when you have a chance, you would not need

to lie or make up lame excuses for what you did.

Bill Webster

Peachtree City