Dissent is American way

Dissent is

American way

Bill Aleshire's letter derided

Steve Brown for not finding positive things about "the members of

the governing body of this country and great city." He better get

his shots in before it is Mayor Brown and Mr. Aleshire finds himself guilty

of the same "atrocity."

If our forefathers thought

like Mr. Aleshire, we would not be the U.S.A. today. Our national anthem

would be "God Save the Queen." I do not know how old Mr. Aleshire

is, but surely he knows enough about our history to understand that political

discontent brought us to where we are today.

It is easy to see the theme

in Steve Brown's letters: "Remember why you moved here." Simply

writing letters that praise people will not make Peachtree City better.

Alerting citizens when our trusted public servants are misbehaving is

critical to preemptive action.

Steve's main concern these

days seems to be fighting higher density (smaller home lots and larger

commercial development) and the hideous traffic mess at [the intersection

of Ga. highways] 54 and 74. Outside of the developers, who stand to make

big money, who is not concerned with them problems?

Perhaps Mr. Aleshire, who dislikes

Steve Brown, and Frank Hyde, who dislikes Amy Riley for the same reasons,

should move to an uninhabited Island so that they could sit around all

day and tell each other how wonderful things are.

Bill Webster

Peachtree City

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