PTC we've known is gone

PTC we've known

is gone

It is my understanding, having

newly arrived in Peachtree City, that your city council has approved the

building of a Home Depot and a Wal-Mart to be located on a heavily trafficked

two-lane highway that spans a railroad track. This highway will not be

improved to four lanes with left-hand turn lanes because funds will not

be awarded because Georgia is not in compliance with the Clean Air Act.

But the governing body has spit in the eye of this law and the will of

the people and said building will proceed anyway.

Oh, yes, I understand that

your fearless leaders were afraid of a lawsuit that might result from

Wal-Mart if they didn't approve the construction. Wal-Mart might even

have refused to pay a promised $800,000 for road improvement! Gee, this

just might pay for one right-hand turn lane!

Needless to say, small businesses

will be bankrupted with these two behemoths; no more the small shopping

centers and groceries that you can reach with your golf carts. Gone is

Peachtree City as you have come to know it. Instead we will have what

Newnan has, a sea of greasy cement, no trees, desolation and ugliness.

Something is rotten in Denmark.

My suggestion? City Council and Mayor Lenox, get the heck out of Dodge.

Ed Stonner

Peachtree City

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