In this same newspaper issue

, articles about Ecstasy (a drug) sales at McIntosh High School, teens

arrested for breaking and entering in south Peachtree City and, in the

Wednesday edition, youths arrested for possession of guns near school.

The Fayette Youth Juvenile authority in conjunction with the Georgia Commission

on Children and Youth is helping me prepare a grant request for a teen

center based on a viable option to deter youth crime by offering bands,

music and dance.

I have launched a support letter

campaign to help raise $100,000 in additional funds to lease a facility

in Peachtree City again that will be big enough to serve the young people.

The demand is there: over 14,000 kids attended Jitterbuggers Teen club

before that building was sold for a furniture wholesale operation.

I would request you reconsider

your prioritization and stop planning on serving just the elite segment

of the city and or building to serve areas that don't even exist and realize

that our kids are the most important element of this community.

Richard Thompson

Peachtree City

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