Ms. Romeo should probably consider

herself lucky that there was no mention of criminal investigations or

scandals as was the case with Virgil Christian, who incidentally, was

never charged with so much as jay walking by the authorities, imagine

that.

They are the masters of defamation

and humiliation. It reminds me of a scene from the movie, "Wall Street,"

where Gordon Gecko says to his apprentice, Bud Fox, "Bud, in this

business you're either on the inside or you're on the outside."

This basically says it all.

There are a large number of

citizens in this community who feel that Donna and Virgil were, in fact,

doing an excellent job with the tennis center and the amphitheater. They

simply did not fit into the master plan of those who are now in control

of these facilities.

The bad news is that these

individuals have now ventured into the business arena where politics and

BS don't count for much. What does count is monetary results. The

results which shall be required of them in 2004 will be to operate the

two facilities for an annual city subsidy of less than $185,000, which

is approximately what was required in 2003 under the direction of the

outsiders. Good luck men, the clock is ticking.

Tom Johnson

Peachtree City, Ga.