On Thursday, June 13, the Williams

Company formally withdrew their request for the rezoning of the property.

If they ever decide to try again, they will have to start the process

from the beginning and will once again face a united front of opposition

from the community.

I, along with the members of

Safeguard South Metro and the residents of south Fulton County, would

like to acknowledge and extend our special thanks and gratitude to Fayette

County Commissioner Greg Dunn whose tireless efforts and genuine concern

for the people of his county and that of the adjoining south Fulton County

has gone above and beyond.

His continuing work to rid

us of this polluting behemoth power plant has had great results. Commissioner

Dunn, recognizing the horrific health and pollution impact this 1230-megawatt

power plant would have on Fayette and south Fulton County, came to the

aid of his community and south Fulton without hesitation.

I know that with Commissioner

Dunn as chairman of the Board of Commissioners we all can be assured that

our quality of life, health and peaceful community living is being protected

from the grips of those individuals that care only for the financial fattening

of their own pockets at the expense of others.

I would also like to thank

the executive group of Safeguard South Metro, who put in many long hours

fighting the plant, and all the citizens in south Fulton and Fayette counties

who reached out with their time and money to support our current successful

defeat of the proposed Williams power plant.

Thanks also to Rep. Sharon

Beasley-Teague, who held several meetings for the community, submitted

written questions to Williams and persevered in demanding answers in writing

from Williams.

There are many others to thank:

Bob Crutchfield from Christian City, the many in Christian City who wrote

letters and called, the elected officials in Union City who stood with

us regarding their portion of the rezoning, representatives from Green

South Fulton and too many others to list. This has truly been a united

community effort.

One ongoing, related problem,

which has not been resolved, is the opening of the Peter's Family cemetery

to the public. During our efforts to stop the power plant, we became aware

of the cemetery, which would have been directly under the original footprint

of the proposed power plant, and the fact that it was not being cared

for by the property owner.

The current property owner

closed the entrance and has persisted in not allowing relatives and concerned

individuals access as required by the agreement he signed when he purchased

the land and accepted stewardship of the historic cemetery. We will continue

our efforts in this regard and invite those with an interest in this issue

to contact Safeguard the Cemetery at 770-969-0323.

Mari Jo Paladino

President

Safeguard South Metro