When Mr. Brown declared his

candidacy for mayor he ran on a platform including bringing integrity

and truth to the administration. In fact, other than opposing development,

integrity and ethics were the biggest part of his campaign. His website

still carries the following in his vision section:

"We are looking for integrity.

We want leadership that stresses open government and a higher ethical

standard. We are looking for leadership that demonstrates honesty and

truthfulness with all issues."

It was with great dismay therefore

that I read that Mr. Brown had lied regarding developer support for his

moratorium. He stated that three major developers were supporting this,

when the attorney for one, Ram Development, stood up and stated with no

hesitation that RAM was opposed to the moratorium! I suspect that both

the others, Wieland Homes and Cousins are also opposed.

Why, then, did Mr. Brown lie?

Does this live up to his campaign promise quoted above? Of course not.

This isn't the only example of Mr. Browns deceptiveness.

A few days before the election

a mailbox flyer was put out with a number of quotes of "supporters"

of Mr. Brown. In fact at least one of those quotes was without permission

of the individual, and the individual indeed supported Mr. Brown's opponent!

Truth? Integrity? Ethics? I suspect not!

If Mayor Brown is to live up

to the promises of his website, he needs to do a lot of soul-searching

and start differentiating between fact and fiction. Maybe the first act

of the new Ethics Committee should be to investigate the new mayor and

his statements and actions.

Jim Stinson

Peachtree City

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