Says group must ‘agree to disagree’

Peachtree City Councilwoman Cyndi Plunkett shared a frank concern at Thursday night’s council meeting.

“I feel like the last four or five council meetings a lot of people have thrown a lot of people under the buses,” Plunkett said, referring to the discussions that have taken place among council members.

Plunkett also said she did not “appreciate reading in the paper that one or all of our decisions are unfounded.” Though she didn’t mention him by name, Plunkett was referring to a recent letter to the editor authored by councilman Don Haddix, who criticized Plunkett, councilman Steve Boone and Mayor Harold Logsdon on a number of issues.

“We can agree to disagree,” Plunkett said. But how council treats each other affects how the citizens respond to council members also, she added.

In the letter, Haddix expressed dissatisfaction that he and fellow councilman Doug Sturbaum are almost always on the losing end of 3-2 votes of contentious issues such as annexation.
Thursday night, Logsdon said he agreed that the council wasn’t working as a team and he felt council needed to do that “and find out what’s best for Peachtree City and operate that way.”
Councilman Steve Boone agreed, and Councilman Doug Sturbaum said while council members should agree to disagree, it should be done “professionally and not personally.”

“We can try to all work together so we’re as strong as we can be, so let’s see what we can do about it,” Sturbaum said.

Haddix remained silent during the exchange, which occurred briefly before council adjourned into executive session to discuss a personnel matter and a litigation matter.