A letter from

Fulton County Commission Chairman Mike Kenn that was printed in the South

Fulton Citizen June 22 has caused political friction between Kenn and

Commissioner Bill Edwards.

But things

appear to be on the mend this week after Edwards received a letter of

apology from Kenn's chief of staff, Robb Simms.

In the letter

Simms asked Edwards to accept his apology for the letter in the paper.

"As the

chairman's chief of staff, things of this nature are ultimately my responsibility

and I want you to know that it was not my intention to personally attack

you in any way," he wrote.

Simms said

he was hopeful the chairman, Edwards and the two staffs could continue

to work together.

In the letter

that ran in the paper, Kenn took Edwards to task for his position on the

proposed extension of Hartsfield Airport's fifth runway.

"On May

16, Commissioner Bill Edwards sponsored a resolution against the airport

runway extension. The resolution failed to receive the four votes needed

to pass. What, you might ask, would this resolution have accomplished

if it had passed?

"Absolutely

nothing ­ there was nothing in Commissioner Edwards' resolution that

would have done anything to make the people of South Fulton lives better.

There was nothing in the resolution that would have done anything to relieve

any of the burdens of the fifth runway expansion."

Kenn took exception

to Edwards calling his vote against the referendum a slap in the face

and "sellout."

"The people

of South Fulton deserve something more than political grandstanding. The

people of South Fulton deserve leadership and results," the letter

said.

Edwards said

this week he was glad to receive the apology letter and would release

a full statement on the issue at a later time.

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