We all have choices

We all have choices

Here we go

again. A political body saying they don't want to approve a project, but

approving it anyway.

They didn't

have a choice! That is absurd and I am losing respect for the politicians

who keep using that line.

When the Fayette

County Commission voted on the Starr's Mill retail project, each commissioner

had a choice, yes or no. They chose to vote yes for a project that no

one but the developer seems to want.

When the Peachtree

City city council voted on the Wal-Mart appeal in the face of overwhelming

citizen opposition, they claimed they had no choice. They didn't want

a Wal-Mart in Peachtree City, but they chose to vote yes anyway.

Why has this

line become so popular? Politicians hope they can have it both ways. They

can oppose an unpopular project while still giving the megabucks developer

what he wants. Later, they can blame the traffic, and the crime, and the

empty storefronts on the unelected city attorney who said they had to

vote for the project.

If our elected

officials are always going vote the way the city attorney tells them to,

why do we need them? Just put the lawyers in charge.

Our "leaders"

always have a choice. They can make the hard decisions or take the easy

way out. Which choice do you think they have made? Remember your answer

when you make your choice at the polls next year.

Robert Brown

Peachtree

City