Peachtree City

Mayor Steve Brown has pledged not to sue former mayor Bob Lenox in retribution

for Lenox's claims that Brown stole city services on several different

occasions.

"I refuse

to go there," Brown said in a letter to the editor in today's paper.

But in the

same letter, Brown indicates that he is unhappy with veteran councilwoman

Annie McMenamin, and he would like to have someone else appointed to the

position of mayor pro tem.

"Once

the Brown, Tennant, Rapson and Weed team got into office, we decided to

put forth an olive branch and select Annie McMenamin as Mayor Pro Tem

and show her that we were willing to work with her," Brown wrote.

"Ms. McMenamin burned that branch, spit on the ashes and threw them

in our face."

Asked for comment

about the matter Tuesday afternoon, McMenamin replied, "That immature

comment is not worthy of a response."

Brown has made

no secret of his displeasure with McMenamin, who has opposed several of

his key proposals, including the creation of a separate sports and entertainment

authority to run the amphitheater and tennis center and the creation of

a special tax district for businesses locating on the Ga. Highway 54 West

corridor.

"The bottom

line is that four out of the five members on the City Council want to

get on with business and we willing work with anyone wanting to be involved,"

Brown said. "We have some exciting things ahead and we are also facing

some major challenges that need to be dealt with as soon as possible."

In the letter,

Brown referred to learning at the arrest hearing that "a breach exists"

at City Hall.

Brown also

attributes the recent spate of political fighting to "a group of

people that some of us refer to as the government in exile.

"This

band is made up of former elected officials, losing candidates and some

of their friends," Brown said.