Perhaps what we need is a nonbinding

public referendum to allow the citizens of our city to cast their vote.

I think this expense would be a valid use of city funds, and might be

an escape route for Bob Lenox. If the turnout is a plurality of the registered

voters in Peachtree City, and a majority votes for the stores, so be it.

If the majority votes against (as I feel certain an overwhelming number

would) then Bob and the others afraid of a law suit could plead a case

to Wal-Mart and Home Depot that it would not be in their best interests

to build where they are not wanted, whether or not they legally can.

At any rate, I think we should

all participate in a letter-writing campaign to the CEOs of those businesses,

to let them know that they have chosen an unpopular location to build

and will not have community support. Those CEOs may not even be aware

of the issues that the developers are confronting their companies with.

Please let all of us in Peachtree

City know the names and addresses of the right people to send our message

to. Just putting letters in the local paper won't get the message to the

people who can reverse the course of this unpopular decision, and it is

obvious that our elected representatives have lost sight of their constituents'

views.

I am sure Bob and company are

already considering what they will be occupying their spare time with

after the next mayoral election.

Ed Eskew

Peachtree City