In the more than eight years

I have lived here, I have attended many commission meetings, and have

regularly reviewed commission minutes since they have been online. Quite

frankly, this commission has more integrity than any I have ever witnessed

anywhere else.

I have been very pleased with

the outstanding leadership of Commission Chairman Greg Dunn and have found

him completely respective of the citizens of this county as well as an

energetic advocate for improving the qualify of life in this county.

So when I received Mr. Wheat's

glossy, impressive campaign flyer, I was eager to learn his issues. I

have learned that he seems to be stretching the truth in several issues

I have thus far researched.

For example, he charges that

his opponent, Greg Dunn, ignores the land use plan and he cites the Starr's

Mill commercial zoning case as an example.

The fact is, this is the only

­ yes, only ­ case where our commission has, after a careful

decision process, voted to act in opposition to the plan. In this instance

the properties surrounding the proposed rezoning were already commercial.

It made absolutely no sense not to rezone.

In another example, Mr. Wheat

charges that Greg Dunn has no regard for the preservation of historic

property in Fayette because he ordered the destruction of the Dorsey house.

Yes, he did, after granting

delay after delay, totaling more than one year, so that friends of the

house could to arrange for moving it. And Greg Dunn arranged for the county

to donate the house free of cost to any who would claim it. Incidentally,

the house itself was of questionable historical value as no one to date

has presented any verifiable history.

My research into the other

commission campaign issues presented by Mr. Wheat continues. And for anyone

else, commission minutes are public record. Check for yourself.

So, Mr. Wheat, I am looking

for some issues with real meat. Please don't insult my and other voters'

intelligence with more truth-stretching. So far you have indeed raised

my concerns about integrity.

N.D. Cleft

Riverdale (Fayette)