Fayette citizens should contact

their county commissioners informing them of our opposition to the Special

Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. This tax would be used to encourage the

use of more pollution producing automobiles and trucks. The commissioners

should instead ask the citizens of the county to support additional taxes

to replace the diesel-powered school buses and to lobby the trucking,

railroad and airline industries to clean up the filth they are pumping

into our air.

It is true that airlines, SUVs

and so forth are "sacred cows" in Fayette County, but the time

has come for a few of these cows to be slaughtered. Come November, we

the people should walk to the polls and vote down SPLOST and vote yes

for a more livable environment for our children and ourselves.

r. j. desprez

Tyrone, Ga.