Up close and personal,

the Atlanta Journal-Constitution carried a story the other day about

a civilian who was badly injured when the first bombs started falling

on Afghanistan.

Medicare,

terrorism bills pass Congress

By

MAC COLLINGS

Congressman

On Oct. 11, the

House Committee on Ways and Means passed the Medicare Regulatory and

Contracting Reform Act of 2001 (H.R. 2768), which I supported.

Urban

legends for Fayette

Laugh Lines

As cities go, we

in Peachtree City lack our own Halloween story, an urban legend that

we can pass from generation to generation. I can fix that. Here are

two short essays of local lore (inspired by true events) to frighten

your children, and maybe even you.

biblical response to Sept. 11 terror attacks

By

Dr. Howard E. Dial

Pastor

[Editor's note:

The following column was provided by Dr. Howard E. Dial, founding pastor

of Berachah Bible Church, 310 Corinth Rd. in eastern Fayette County.

LETTERS TO THE

Terrorists

attacked Islam as well as U.S.

The Islamic Speakers'

Bureau of Atlanta would like to express its deepest gratitude to the

caring and understanding citizens of Fayette County. We thank everyone

who has chosen to keep an open mind and to understand that the attackers

are different from the vast majority of Muslims around the world. Furthermore,

we would like to urge everyone to turn these tragic events into an opportunity

to better understand the multiple cultures and beliefs that make this

country a true "melting pot."

Tip

to Frank: Hide your head in shame

I am a Nigerian

immigrant resident in Fayette County and take serious exception to the

racist, rude and insensitive comments by Mr. Frank Hyde regarding immigrants

in your Oct. 3 edition [Letters, "Coming to America? Here's a tip:

Conform"].

County

should enact impact fee for jail right nowI

This paper ran an

article in the Oct. 10 edition updating us on the issue of payment for

the new jail and jail operations. The county commissioners and city

officials do not appear any closer to resolving this issue than they

did a year ago.

We

need power but not here

Recently I read

a letter from someone criticizing those who are opposing the proposed

power plant in South Fulton County. This person stated that their mother

lived in California and was now paying $400 a month for power.

In

defense of Frank Hyde . . .

In reply to Matthew

L. Dunfee's letter of Oct 10: Matthew, you spoke so elegantly about

the rights of immigrants, and then in the same paragraph you sought

to take away from Mr. Hyde the right that all of us are granted, freedom

of speech.

Why

cancel F'ville trick or treat?

You may have probably

heard that the Trick or Treat on Main Street [in Fayetteville] has been

cancelled this year. I for one am very upset about this. (Please do

not mistake my intentions. I am not doing this for my children.) I have

two children, a 10-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy. Every year, they

along with thousands of other children, look forward to going trick

or treating on Halloween.

Rower:

Here's info to clear up any confusion on developers' impact fees

There seems to be

confusion throughout the community over developer impact fees and how

they are affecting the budget of Peachtree City.

Brown

won't embarrass PTC citizens

As a four-year resident

and homeowner in beautiful Peachtree City, I have read the ongoing letters

as published in your fine paper. I am very favorably impressed with

the intelligent and correct documentation of those letters of mayoral

candidate Steve Brown. Though he has, from time to time, been insulted

and attacked, he has conducted himself as the true gentleman and leader

he is.

Faulkner:

Opponent has contradictions

There are other

issues I would rather write about this week, but last week The Citizen

newspaper misquoted me concerning my stand on the budget, and I believe

citizens have a right to know where I stand on issues that affect them.

Please visit my website at www.nancyfaulkner.com for more information

about my stand on other issues.

Former

PTC planning commissioner endorses Brown, Weed for counci l

Time for a change

Fritz:

Leaders have done good job

When I was asked

to consider running for office in 1997, my supporters asked me to run

on a density platform. It sounded like a good idea at the time, but

when I started to do the research, study the history and read the minutes,

I had to tell them that I could not run on a density platform.

Public

griping bad for kids

Today I had a friend

tell me that he had heard one of our parents from Fayette County Youth

Baseball Association call and leave his grief on a phone line set up

at a local radio station. This parent from our community phoned in to

air his grief against my son's coach. This comment was inappropriate

and uncalled for. This comment was played on a local radio station here

in Atlanta. Several friends have told me they heard it.

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