Candidate for Peachtree City mayor announces his intentions

Candidate

for Peachtree City mayor announces his intentions

On Friday,

Sept 14, I qualified as a candidate for mayor of Peachtree City. As many

of you who know me will attest, I have never been one to sit around when

there is work to be done. You also know that I am not afraid to get my

hands dirty, whether it's the Line Creek Nature Area or the F-16 project

at Falcon Field, both of which I had the honor of directing.

Like you, I

have read, with growing trepidation, the rhetoric in the local papers

from other candidates. The distortions, inaccuracies, personal attacks

and fear tactics have struck at the very heart of our community, causing

confusion, suspicion and increasing divisiveness. In all races, there

are winners and losers. A race won with these tactics as allies will produce

only losers.

I stand before

you seeking your support. I am proud of our city, and proud to call it

my family's home. It is where my wife, Gwen, and I raise our children

and run our business.

Everyday we

see changes in our city - new stores, new businesses, new houses, more

traffic, more students and more resources. Reconciling the good and bad

that these changes bring to Peachtree City will be the challenge that

faces our mayor and the council in the next few years.

There are problems

dealing with build-out. How do we handle the infrastructure growing pains

and pay for it all? There are no easy solutions, no quick fixes. With

cooperation, openness, honesty and integrity b etween

the city, county, state and you, we can and will solve these problems

and preserve the quality of life that drew so many of us to Peachtree

City in the first place.

As a graduate

of the United States Air Force Academy, I took an oath to uphold the Constitution

of the United States, to defend all that we hold dear, and to conduct

myself as an officer and gentleman. I did not take that oath lightly,

and I pledge to you, that as your mayor, I will guide the future course

of our fine city with that oath in mind.

I ask for your

guidance, your support, and your vote Nov. 6.

Gary Rower

Candidate for

Peachtree City mayor