Senoia City

Council candidate Ken Gordon is fighting back.

Last week,

Gordon was the subject of a letter to the editor from current council

member Judy Belisle.

Belisle leveled

a number of charges against former councilman Gordon. In a letter to The

Coweta Citizen Review this week, Gordon disputed Belisle's statements.

"I believe

Ms. Belisle's animosity generates upon jealousy and misinformation, along

with not being knowledgeable upon the laws of this state," he wrote.

Gordon said

he had never promised to give Belisle a ride back to the hotel on a council

trip to Chicago to examine the city's sewer system.

"I left

numbers where I was going to be and was never contacted. I fail to see

what this has to do with being on city council. Apparently Ms. Belisle

believes you need to be a taxi service," he said.

Belisle also

questioned Gordon representing the Citizens for Good Government in Senoia

and said it could be an "undesirable" group.

"I am

shocked and dismayed that you would refer to taxpayers, citizens and voters

in Senoia as undesirable," Gordon said.

Gordon added

that he knew of no ordinance in the city that required a group to furnish

a list of members to the Council.

"I remember

a European dictator that required that many years ago, but thank goodness

he's gone forever," said Gordon.

The final issue

Gordon took exception to was Belisle's charge that Gordon violated the

Open Meetings Act and had conflicts of interest during his tenure on the

council.

"If Ms.

Belisle knew the definition of conflict of interest, she wouldn't have

mentioned this at all. If you want to find a conflict of interest, maybe

she should look in her own backyard. Having a friend appointed to a position

in the city, then raising his/her salary immediately, sounds like a conflict

of interest to me," he said.

Gordon closed

the letter by saying he would put his record and reputation as a councilman

against anyone else in the forum of candidates.