McMenamin

said Tennant requested opinions from her and other

council members on a proposed ordinance "and

requested we respond to him prior to the council

meeting."

"I

consider the attached e-mail request to all the council

to be a violation of the Sunshine Law," McMenamin

said. "These requested discussions, opinions,

proposals and ideas are the citizens' business and are

required to be done in public."

"This

is very clearly baseless political retaliation designed

to silence me because I have been a critic of injustices

and irresponsible policy decisions, and I pose a real

threat to the way things are traditionally done in

Peachtree City government," Tennant responded in an

e-mail to The Citizen.

"Nonetheless,

I have faith in our form of government, and faith in the

process, and I certainly have no doubt the Ethics Board

will concur with my belief that no ethics violation has

occurred," Tennant said.

"Although

there was never any meeting of any kind in person,

electronic, or otherwise on this subject, but simply a

written request for feedback," Tennant said,

"evidently Mrs. McMenamin is upset with the manner

in which I asked for council members' input on a proposed

ordinance I authored which would enhance citizens' rights

to be heard by their elected representatives."

Tennant

plans to introduce a right-to-reply ordinance at Thursday

night's meeting.

Now the

council has two ethics charges to consider Thursday:

Tennant's and one filed earlier this month against city

attorney Jim Webb.