Voting, examining candidates a big part of our job as citizens

Voting, examining

candidates a big part of our job as citizens

Since last

Tuesday I have seen and heard God Bless America countless times. The monsters

who committed the four spinless acts upon our country may look at our

strong faith in God as being weak; little do they know that God is who

has enabled us to remain strong.

Saturday I

took my granddaughter on a grandmother-granddaughter outing. As we shopped

I noticed that people were going about their business but in a quiet,

thoughtful, solemn mood. There wasn't any hurrying in front of each other,

driving crazy to get around another car, or speaking in a rude fashion.

In fact, the greetings were "God bless you."

With my sweet

little girl chattering away at my side I thought for the sake of our children

we should be like this to each other at all times. What a better world

it would be!

Then I thought,

our freedom is like a piece of fine china. To preseve it and maintain

its beauty we must always be mindful of just how fragile freedom is and

do all we can to prevent anything from happening to it. This is our job!

In November,

we will be asked to go to the voting polls to vote for two council persons

and for mayor of Peachtree City. This is a big part of our job description

too preserve our freedom. All too often we don't give our city's elections

sufficient thought.

People who

are elected to make decisions for our city have as much impact on our

day-to-day lives as do the decisions from the state and national officials,

maybe more. Please make a point to vote Nov. 6. However, there is more

to our job description.

Look at the

candidates with a strong magnifying glass. If he or she professes to be

a loving spouse and parent, check out that claim. Is thatthe true picture?Or,

is the person negative or angry? I, for one, don't want or need a person

like that making important decisions for my city.

Take time to

see the full picture of each candidate.That is our job description to

help preserve our freedom.

One last comment:

Thank you Anne McMenamin and Mayor Lenox for your dedication to Peachtree

City. God bless you. God bless all of Peachtree City's citizens who will

take time to fullynotice those who are asking to be a part of running

city government and those who will vote Nov. 6.

Myrna Lehman

PeachtreeCity