The perfect examples are the

famous Wal-Mart and Home Depot approval votes, where Ms. Fritz cast the

deciding vote to allow the big boxes into our city, despite the absolutely

overwhelming public sentiment that they be kept out.

Rather than stand by the will

of the people and protect their health, safety, and welfare (and actually

have some backbone by standing up to the developer's interests), the Arrogant

One doomed our city landscape forever and ordered the tombstone for many

local businesses. Thanks, Carol, we all appreciate your great responsiveness

to our call. So much for "my only agenda is the people's business."

With an agenda like that, we could do without an agenda.

(The sickening part of the

Home Depot/Wal-Mart votes is that hundreds of citizens who jammed into

council chambers those nights to express their strong and overwhelming

feelings of opposition to the big boxes walked away with feelings of helplessness

and despair ... you just can't fight city hall. Our collective voice means

nothing. How tragic. My God, how tragic.)

In any case, the last words

I heard from Carol Fritz were several weeks ago when she literally threatened

to "bury you and Steve Brown" (her actual words) if either of

us released to the public any of her gutter-talking e-mails. Don't worry,

Carol, I have too much respect for my fellow citizens to embarrass them

or you in that manner. So you can put your hate shovel away, and sleep

a little easier knowing your foulmouthed correspondence is safe with us.

Oh, and one last thing. Remember

the famous "If You Don't Vote, You Don't Count" debacle that

Mayor Lenox took so much grief over a couple of years ago? Well, Ms. Fritz

just happens to subscribe to the same philosophy because she implied to

Ann Monihan in writing that her opinions were inconsequential because

Ann was not registered to vote.

What the Arrogant One didn't

realize is that Monihan is Ann's maiden and professional name. She is

indeed registered to vote under her married name, Ann Blaum. I guess Carol

need not ask Ann permission to place a campaign sign in her yard.

The purpose of this letter

is to cut through the "my only agenda is the people's business"

psycho-babble and simply to expose the facts so you can make an informed

decision in the voting booth. My comments are clearly not any kind of

personal attack on Carol Fritz, as I have referenced only Ms. Fritz's

public record here. I'm sure she is a good wife, mother, and grandmother.

It's simply the case that she does not deserve to be reelected, plain

and simple.

Council Post 4 will have four

candidates on the ballot on Nov. 6. Carol Fritz is one of those candidates.

It will be very difficult for any one candidate to win 51 percent of the

vote on that day, so a runoff election is virtually assured. I urge you

to vote on Nov. 6 and in the runoff election, if necessary, on Nov. 20.

There are three other candidates from whom to choose in the Post 4 race.

Let's be certain we are represented by someone who actually represents

us. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the Post 4 City Council race, I urge you to

vote ABC A nybody B ut C arol.

Dan Tennant

Peachtree City Councilman

[email protected]

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