Letter writer: Assumption on taxpayer's status was incorrect

Letter writer: Assumption

on taxpayer's status was incorrect

I wish to correct statements made

in a previous letter to this newspaper. In that letter, published Aug.

16, I made an assumption about Mr. Claude Paquin's age and taxpaying

status. It was an assumption that I felt was reasonable, but an assumption

nonetheless, and I was incorrect. When I make a mistake, I take full responsibility

for it and for seeing that it is corrected.

It has been brought to my attention that Mr. Claude Paquin has not yet

reached the age of 65 and that, until such time that he is over age 65

and has a Georgia taxable income under $15,000 year after year, he will

pay property taxes like any other taxpayer. Mr. Paquin stands to gain

nothing personally from the passage of a bond referendum and has never

indicated that he would. Statements that I made that indicated information

contrary to this were, unintentionally, incorrect.

I regret any embarrassment or inconvenience this error may have caused

Mr. Paquin.

Connie Leary

Peachtree City