4 people against entire city

4 people against

entire city

I am appalled that the majority

of our city council members feel it necessary to allow "big box"

retailers into Peachtree City. When my husband and I moved here from overcrowded

Marietta, we were under the impression that Peachtree City, being a "planned"

community, would grow at such a rate that traffic, crime and overall congestion

would not be an issue.

We liked driving across town

in less than 10 minutes, feeling safe any time of day while walking on

the pathways and felt confident that this is a nice place to raise our

children.

Since then, we have witnessed

rapid growth in residential construction, the addition of a low-income

apartment complex down the street from where we live, and an alarming

rate of retail construction, including the possibility of superstores

as Wal-Mart and Home Depot.

Last week's arrest of a 22-year-old

child molester should be a wake-up call to Peachtree City residents. We

do not live in a bubble. Our nice, safe, innocent town can change in no

time flat and become just like any other suburb of Atlanta. Overdevelopment,

especially in the retail segment, can and will attract more people from

outside the city limits, bringing not only traffic but crime problems

as well.

From what I've learned from

speaking with other Peachtree City residents and reading the news, there

are four people in town in favor of the "big box" retailers:

Mayor Bob Lenox, City Council members Carol Fritz and Robert Brooks, and

the gentleman that no longer wants to drive to Fayetteville on Saturdays

with his wife.

Given the public outrage and

overall concern at the negative consequences on our town, how can four

people have such an impact? It's clear that the majority of residents

do not want this type of overdevelopment to continue. We must pull together

and maintain the quality of life we have all come to enjoy here in Peachtree

City.

Dori Talbott

Peachtree City