Fairburn wants

to annex their city into Fayette County. The property owners next to that

property can then annex into Fairburn, get on sewer, build many high-density

apartments, increasing the population of both Fairburn and Fayette County.

Fairburn will get the taxes and you will pay the taxes to educate their

children in Fayette County schools. County Commissioners Linda Wells and

Greg Dunn have stood up to protect your from Fairburn, call them and offer

your support.

Character counts

in Development Authorities. Development Authorities are appointed, unelected,

and in many cases almost unaccountable. Your tax dollars fund them and

you should know where and how your money is spent. Should your Peachtree

City tax dollars subsidize the tennis fees for non-residents of Peachtree

City? The taxpayers should know the answers. The Development Authorities

in both the cities and county should give us a simple spreadsheet. How

much have we given them in the last 12 years? How did they spend it? What

did the citizens get in return, did it reduce our taxes, and is it worth

it? Let us decide if we are getting our money's worth.

Character counts

in developers and real estate agents. We have many local quality developers

and real estate agents. We do not need to give special consideration to

the out-of-county big money developers to develop our community.

Character counts

in elections. Qualifying had not even closed when I received in the mail

the second vicious, misleading attack from former Fayetteville Mayor Mike

Wheat. Former Mayor Mike Wheat ran and was elected to prevent out-of-control

growth and annexations in Fayetteville brought on by a former group of

"good old boy" politicians. Yet, during the time Mike Wheat

was mayor, he annexed land over 35 times into the city of Fayetteville.

If you want to take things out of context as he did in his misleading

flier, he is responsible for the "Big Boxes" Wal-Mart and Home

Depot there. He approved a poorly designed meandering shopping center

that once you are in; you have to drive to most stores. He is responsible

for "The Mike Wheat Memorial Traffic Jam" in Fayetteville that

makes it almost impossible to support our local businesses and has hurt

the local "Mom and Pop" stores. He is responsible for the many

vacant stores in Fayetteville. He is responsible for the largest crime

increase in Fayette County's history, forcing us to build a larger jail.

He claims that he reduced taxes in Fayetteville yet everyone in Fayette

County will pay for that new jail. Is this someone the public can trust?

Ask the residents of Pine Trail.

The point here

is, folks, this is another very important election that we will decide

in the primary. Get the facts; know whom you are voting for and why. The

developers are out of power for now, they want their give-away politicians

back in power. They have the bucks to fund the fancy fliers for their

candidates. They want what you have. There is no question that I am supporting

and working to return Commissioners Linda Wells and Greg Dunn to office,

they have the strong character to represent us. Yes, they are tough, but

that tough is for us and they are fair to the developers, they treat them

all the same.

See you at

the polls August 20,

Bob Craft

[email protected]