Murray also lives

up to his principles. Take his views on annexation as an example. Murray

is against rampant annexation. He believes that we should look closely

at specific situations and consider annexation only if it is clearly in

our best interests. Murray realizes the negative impacts of ill-conceived

annexation and he would only support annexation after considering the

city's best interests, the neighbors' point of view and all the facts

and possible consequences. Murray realizes that reckless annexation will

overburden the city's limited resources such as water, sewer, fire, and

police services. If this burden is too heavy the quality of life of all

the city's citizens will suffer.

I am also impressed

with the experience Murray brings to the job. You have probably heard

that he is an attorney. What you may not have heard is that his primary

area of practice is municipal government. Not only has he regularly attended

the Peachtree City council meetings, but he has also attended countless

other council meetings as the city attorney for various Georgia cities.

He knows how cities work and he knows how to make them work better. He

also has experience as an assistant district attorney in Columbus, the

second largest city in Georgia.

One idea he has proposed

regarding crime and public safety is to put a police substation where

the new Home Depot will be built. Not only does that deter crime at that

location, but it will decrease response time to the areas that will be

affected by the related traffic.

I urge you to get

out and vote on Nov. 6. I also urge you to join me in supporting Murray

Weed.

Ed Outlaw

Peachtree City