Mayor shouldn't use city web site for his personal opinions

Mayor

shouldn't use city web site for his personal opinions

I anxiously await

Mayor Robert Lenox's public apology to Councilman Dan

Tennant for the ugly comments the mayor made in a letter

to The Citizen March 22. I won't hold my breath, however,

since I doubt that apology is coming anytime soon.

While I won't reiterate the

mayor's comments in attacking Councilman Tennant, I think

the letter showed us much about our mayor's character.

Councilman Tennant has only been in office for about

three months, yet he has already raised the ire of Lenox.

Perhaps it's because Dan has dared to vote in a way that

does not mirror the mayor's vote? Maybe the mayor just

doesn't like Dan? Either way, the comments made surely

don't fit the type of person that should be sitting in

the mayor's chair.

I later read the version of

the same letter to the editor from the mayor, this time

posted on the taxpayer-supported city web site. It seems

that the attacks against Councilman Tennant disappeared

in this version. Could it be that the mayor had second

thoughts about his earlier comments, or perhaps those

comments wouldn't fit on the web site?

Either way, I object to the

city web site becoming the place for the mayor to post

his opinions. The city web site is for factual

information, not one person's view of what is factual and

what is not. I believe that letter should be removed

immediately and that no further letters from the mayor

(or anyone else) should be posted on the city site.

I sincerely hope that the

mayor sees the error in his ways and apologizes to Dan at

the next council session. If I were a betting man, I

wouldn't take a bet that this will happen.

Steve Fodor

Peachtree City