All right ... one

look back, but that's it.

Clinton

Bunny just keeps going, going

One

Citizen's Perspective

Will William Jefferson

Clinton's last-minute pardon of tax evasion fugitive Marc Rich finally

bring down the gavel of justice under the rule of law on the most corrupt

president in U.S. history? Or will the American people, once again,

allow Bill and Hillary to skirt the laws of this country because we

are complacent, weary, and too far removed from Washington to care?

Our

little Hamlet of Fayette

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

In the story, play,

movie, or even the DVD video game, "Hamlet," the character

Hamlet is angered because he fears his father's brother, Claudius has

murdered his father so he (Claudius) can marry his father's wife, Hamlet's

mother, so he (Claudius) can take control of Denmark. Further confusing

the nepotistic story, Hamlet's madness involves Claudius' adviser Polonius

and his daughter, ending in tragedy for everyone. Whew! Why does this

suspiciously sound like our Fayette County government?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tyrone

still suffers from poor zoning decisions

First of all, I

would like to thank Mr. Buck, Mr. Leech, Mr. Curlee and Ms. Blackstone

for taking time to reply to my letter published in last week's paper.

If I got people upset, great! If I got people to think, even better!

You

might be a hypocrite if . . .

When I read the

letters written in your paper, I lose my faith in human nature. If your

letter writers are representative of our county as a whole, we are the

biggest collection of selfish hypocrites on earth. Consider these examples:

Compassionate

people should think about treatment of circus animals

On Feb. 15, Ringling

Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus open[ed] its doors to thousands

of people (mostly children) who are expecting to be entertained by the

people and animals that are part of the show. This show will run through

Feb. 25.

Remember

Sen. Hecht for changing Ga. flag

I've noticed a couple

of articles over the last few issues of The Citizen and other local

papers recently commenting on how well state Senator Greg Hecht is doing

in the Georgia Legislature this session. "Hecht bills moving right

along" is the title of one such article in The Citizen of Feb.

14.

Tickets

available for FCHS Sports Hall of Fame Banquet

Thank you for the

article mentioning the Fayette County High School Sports Hall of Fame

Banquet scheduled for Feb. 24.

Setting

the record straight

Re: the picture

on Page 2A of the Feb. 14 issue of the paper. Just to set the record

straight: The accident happened on Thursday, Feb. 8. The truck was not

carrying lumber, but apple trees.

Hwy.

54 traffic plan in shambles, PTC Council should revote

All the Ga. Highway

54 West corridor plans are beginning to implode. Ga. Department of Transportation

engineer Marion Waters has pulled the plug on the proposed traffic light

at the intersection connecting The Avenue and Market Place Blvd. (Staples

and the restaurants).

Mayor

Lenox right about city-county tax inequity

My fellow Peachtree

City citizens, you know we've all been on the opposite side of the issue

with our Mayor Bob Lenox (myself included). However, here's one time

when I think we ought to be equal opportunity complainers where the

Mayor is concerned.

County's

demolition of Dorsey House a power play

I read your cover

story with dismay and disgust and couldn't help but think it was the

ultimate show of force in a power struggle.

Dunn

shows ignorance or audacity to demolish historic house

He's done it again!

Commissioner Greg Dunn had the audacity to demolish the historic Dorsey

Home last week. He did it without the forethought to inform the city

of Fayetteville and did not even inform other commissioners of his intentions.

Now why is that?

Student

complaint about buses draws fire

Ride the bus yourself,

Kerry

Ditto,

Kerry: climb aboard

Maybe Miss FitzPatrick's

parents should make her ride the school bus (Letters, Feb 14, 2001).

There is one that goes to the high school and if it is late because

of traffic, I assume that would be excused.

It's

a cruel world: No snow days

This is in response

to a letter in the Feb. 14 issue written by Kerry Fitzpatrick. Please,

please, please tell me this young lady was only joking. What is she

going to do when she graduates into the real world? Is she going have

a nervous breakdown when she encounters rush hour traffic or simply

run everyone off the road because her time is more valuable than everyone

else?

Bad

twaffic! Bad! Bad! Bad!

A note to Kerry

from a parent who drives his "precious kid" to school on rainy

days (and on very dry days, too):

Grab

an umbrella, Kerry

A note to Kerry

Fitzgerald: If you had ridden the schoolbus, you wouldn't have to stand

in line because you would have had an excused tardiness.

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