The first thing that caught

my attention was the statement that there were two "unwanted big

box stores." I have to ask, unwanted by whom?

Amy speaks as though she is

the spokesman for all of Peachtree City. I searched the credits and could

not find her name as a paid writer nor anything else connected with The

Citizen. Is she a relative? Who is she connected with? What group does

she represent? Does she have the gall to assume? Has she taken a poll

to see if these stores are unwanted? I think she has been listening to

too much Steve Brown.

She speaks of the ego of the

mayor and city council members who live in a bubble. If Amy thinks she

speaks for me, she is the one who has the ego. I have to ask her this:

What organization do you belong to that crowned you with the voice of

the people?

I belong to the V.F.W. and

the Kiwanis Golden K, and I know not of you in these clubs. I think you

should tell the people that you belong to the Steve Brown club so we know

who to dissociate [sic] with.

Is Stevie the superhero who

is going to shut off the valve?

I think that everybody knows

that there were two huge bubbles some 60 years ago. Their names were Hitler

and Tojo. Many American young men lost their lives bursting those two

bubbles. We need not another of these bubbles.

I believe it is time we got

the facts straight out. Fact 1 The Huddleston property was zoned commercial

some 30 years ago. The two stores trying to build there are exactly suited

for that zoning. There is no way in Hades that can stop these stores from

building there. Stevie knows this just as everyone in Peachtree City does.

Fact 2 The tax take from these

two stores will in all probability run the city's expenditures for the

whole year, which could lower the property tax rate for the local citizens.

Are you listening, people?

I wanted to laugh or cry when

reading of the stores Amy would like to have there. Laugh at the thought

that these stores would even think of coming to that place. Cry because

I am so far behind the times that I had never heard of them, and know

I would not be interested in any of them.

Miss Amy, please tell me who

elected you. I might want to run for your office. Whatever, those stores

are not unwanted as you say. They are highly desired for elderly people

like me.

Frank Hyde

Peachtree City