I hope voters are paying attention. Fayette County is still a great place to live. That could change over the next four years.

Will we get new county commissioners who favor fast growth which will line the pockets of a few? If voters want change, I really don’t think this is what they want.

Both Greg Dunn and Linda Wells have supported our land use plan. For this reason we have not seen dense development in the county. The exception is inside city limits.

It is because of our current commissioners that we don’t have more commercial development along Ga. highways 92 and 85 south of Fayetteville. They have sided with homeowners on key rezoning requests that could have dramatically changed the landscape in south Fayette.

They have also fought for a strong sign ordinance to protect our natural scenery.

As recently reported, our county won a long-term legal battle with one of the major billboard companies. In my opinion, those legal fees were well spent.

And who was it that also sued our county over the sign ordinance? I believe he is running against Greg Dunn.

In recent weeks, several commentaries have appeared in this paper that would suggest Eric Maxwell and Sam Chapman favor faster growth for our county. The following is from an article by John Thompson on April 19, 2006. “If either Dunn or Wells lose, the floodgates could open to more development in the county.”

We moved here from Gwinnett where the county commissioners and developers are one and the same. In fact, one commissioner may now be in trouble for a trip to Las Vegas paid for by big-time developers. At this time, we do not have that in Fayette County. Let’s please keep it that way.

Bill Whipple
Fayetteville, Ga.