With regards to

transportation, we should immediately get behind a plan

for a rail commuter operation using the CSX tracks and

connecting Peachtree City with downtown. A shuttle bus

could connect the commuter train with the airport and

[MARTA]. Anyone familiar with the Caltrain connecting San

Jose-San Francisco, with shuttle buses to the major

airports, can vouch for the efficiency of such a system.

To put money up front for

such a venture, however, which ARC and the U.S.

Department of Transportation are demanding, is nonsense.

If the project is implemented, correctly, it will go a

long way toward paying for itself.

With regards to the the EPA

finding of pollution in Fayette (non-attainment), it

should be obvious to even the logically challanged EPA

that our problem is drift from the airport, and not

county-generated pollutants. Nevertheless, U.S. Reps. Mac

Collins and John Linder have initiated legislation to

halt EPA actions against clean air violations until the

Supreme Court rules on the validity of the EPA standards.

This should give us a head

start in finding local solutions. The EPA's record in

such proceedings is 0-1 and their ability to use facts

and logic in presenting their case demonstrates that

although they may look like America, they can't reason

like America. With opposition like the Clinton-Gore EPA,

and allies like Mac Collins, John Linder and the Fayette

Commissioners, I like our chances.

William Fielder

Peachtree City