The hotel-motel tax in Peachtree City may be raised from 6 to 8 percent, pending approval by the City Council and also the Georgia legislature.
As part of the increase, the proposal is for one of the eight percentage points to be dedicated toward capital improvements and maintenance of sports and recreation facilities under the theory that they draw visitors...
Plans to renovate the former recreation administration building in Peachtree City are expected to proceed in an effort to have the building used for senior leisure programs offered by Fayette Senior Services.
The building, located off McIntosh Trail in the Shakerag recreation complex that includes the Gathering Place, has been vacant since the recreation department last year was reorganized and...
The owner of a new medical office built on Ga. Highway 54 east just outside the Peachtree City limits is asking for the 4.4-acre site to be annexed by the City Council.
Thursday night, council will consider whether to allow staff to work with the property owner, Foot Pain LLC, on the proposal.
The site is the original home office of...
Agency finds Chief Clark discriminated, retaliated against long-time female employee
The EEOC says Peachtree City Police Chief H.C. ”Skip” Clark discriminated against one of his female employees “because of her disability,” singled her out for retaliation and threatened her coworkers for supporting her position.
The Atlanta office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) has upheld a filing by Peachtree City employee...
F’ville officers had tavern parking lot staked out at closing
A local attorney and leader in the Fayette County Republican Party was arrested early Sunday morning for public urination outside a bar in downtown Fayetteville.
David Studdard, 48, told The Citizen that he did urinate outside just before 2 a.m., but he was under the cover of trees and it was...
Longtime Fayette County resident and former Clayton County School Superintendent Dan Colwell was appointed Monday night as interim superintendent with the Fayette County School System.
Colwell will serve from January through June while the Fayette County Board of Education continues with its search to replace outgoing Superintendent Jeff Bearden, slated to conclude his two-year stint at the end of December.
The...
Joseph Paul Boutwell, 82, of Peachtree City, Ga. passed away Nov. 27, 2012.
He was born in Opp, Ala. on September 14, 1930. He earned a law degree and worked as an agent for the FBI. Paul enhanced the lives of everyone who came to know him through memories and unique perspectives of him, be it a funny...
On the morning of Nov. 29, 2012, Giles Webb Howell, known warmly to his many friends as "Webb," died of natural causes at his home in Ridgeland, Miss. He was 59 years old. Webb led a focused, passionate, and colorful life and will be deeply missed by everyone who knew and loved him.
Webb leaves his devoted wife of...
Mrs. Louise Gordon of Fayetteville passed away on Dec. 1, 2012 at the age of 90.
Louise was a very loving and caring person. Her family was important and she made sure that each member felt special. She was a great example and stressed the importance of manners to her children. She enjoyed playing bridge and was a member...
Ruth Liesel Schildheuer Prater, 88, of Fayetteville, passed away Nov. 27, 2012. She was born in Vienna, Austria Dec. 14, 1923 and graduated from Reichstheaterkammer in Karlsruhe, Germany receiving an education in music, voice and composition.
She and her husband of 47 years, Major Charles L. Prater, (deceased) moved to Fayetteville from East Point in 1989. She became an...
When we first moved to Fayette County and particularly our subdivision, we fell in love with the open space, large lot sizes, mature trees, and the uniqueness of every home.
But over the years I’m finding that the best thing about our neighborhood is our neighbors.
This past week I had the wonderful opportunity to go out to lunch with a...
My voting record as a member of the House, and now as a member of the Senate, confirms that I am not in favor of tax increases. I have never supported or voted for tax increases, and I don’t intend to start now.
I have worked for years with both Republicans and Democrats in Congress on ways to reduce our...
Amid all the political and media hoopla about the “fiscal cliff” crisis, there are a few facts that are worth noting.
First of all, despite all the melodrama about raising taxes on “the rich,” even if that is done, it will scarcely make a dent in the government’s financial problems.
Raising the tax rates on everybody in the top 2 percent...
The opening scene-setter for the 1996 film “Independence Day” might serve as a metaphor for what Egyptians could face if a draft constitution written by a panel dominated by Islamists and based on Sharia law wins approval in a referendum: “A loud rumble is heard. Suddenly, we are covered in darkness as the shadow engulfs us. Only the image...
As Republican leaders in Congress prepare to negotiate over the federal budget with their Democratic counterparts in the aftermath of the election, it’s time for everyone to face a hard truth — we must end Medicare as we know it.
The entitlement is bleeding to death. Without major changes, it won’t be around for the next generation of seniors.
Medicare covers...
One of the most striking results of the vote on Amendment 1, which was approved by Georgia voters on Nov. 6 and creates an independent commission to authorize public charter schools in the state, is the absolutely extraordinary level of support received from African-American voters.
Of the 20 Georgia counties where African-Americans make up half or more of the population,...
By Rob Schwarzwalder and Cathy Ruse, J.D.
Among the reactions to the Nov. 6 elections, the most common among conservatives might be shock. That very fact might indicate that too many of us have been living in an echo chamber, reassuring each other about our mutually-held convictions without listening to those who are, at best, ambivalent about conservatism.
For example, Mitt...
Not long ago, I was in Los Angeles and visiting Tink on the set of a television show that he was executive producing. We sat side-by-side in director chairs, watching as the scene was set up and actors took their place. I looked across Tink to see a woman studying me carefully. I smiled.
She tilted her head then asked,...
“Never buy anything that eats.” Billy Rose, an investor and Broadway impresario, said that in 1949. His warning was about racehorses. Today, that racehorse’s name is “Infrastructure.” In the language of horse breeding, it’s “Infrastructure by Neglect.”
Racehorses are beautiful creatures, paraded on the track before major races, adorned with roses when they win. Infrastructure is seldom beautiful and is...
Let’s go out with a bang! Guess that’s a poor choice of words, but you know me! The war is finally winding down, and this will be the last year that Embracing Military Families will be helping the brave men and women at Ft. Benning provide a Merry Christmas for their families.
Even as the news continually updates us on...
You hear and read a lot about the Taxpayer Protection Pledge (a creation of Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform) related to the “fiscal cliff.” Norquist has become the scapegoat for a congressional body that ceases to function.
I think it’s a bit tragic when there is a pledge-in-force to not raise taxes, but spending goes unchecked. It’s a bipartisan...
Shoppers looking for a more meaningful gift this Christmas won’t have to look very far. Fayette Youth Protection Homes, a local, non-profit organization, has just kicked off its second annual “Have a Heart, Give Love” gift giving campaign. Supporters of the organization can make a donation of $50 or more in honor of someone, and the honoree will receive...
I love hearing and singing the music of the Christmas season. Topping my “favorites” are “Oh Holy Night,” “Joy to the World,” “Oh Come All Ye Faithful,” “Silent Night,” and most of the traditional carols.
On the secular side, just about anything from the Carpenters, and most pieces sung by Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis and Frank Sinatra contribute...
Thomas Metzger, 15, of Peachtree City, will serve as “St. Nicholas Bishop,” also known as “Boy Bishop,” at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Sharpsburg during both the 8:30 and the 10 a.m. services on Sunday, Dec. 9. Bishop David Epps, who serves as the pastor of Christ the King and as the bishop of the Diocese of...
North Fayette United Methodist Church invites the community to Breakfast with Santa, Saturday, Dec. 8; Fayette Christmas Festival, Dec. 14-16; and Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service at 11 p.m. Dec. 24
Children of all ages are invited to Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 8. Enjoy free pancakes from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and then visit Santa’s Workshop to make crafts...
The Real Life Center is opening a new thrift store to help raise additional funds for local families in need. The new location in Fayetteville (400 N. Glynn St. – across from the Dairy Queen) will open Thursday Dec. 6 with an open house from 5-7 p.m. on Tues evening, Dec. 11. Each month the Real Life Center serves...
Shepherd’s Flock Singers will present “O Little Christmas Town,” a children’s musical, at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church on Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. According to the musical, the Bethlehem town council faces a decision as Caesar’s tax census approaches: do they want their little town to grow? The young actor/singers are, first row (L-R,) Scout...
Members of Heritage Christian Church in Fayetteville are inviting children from the Joseph Sams School, Clearwater Academy, Lighthouse School, and Challenger Baseball to have their photos taken with Santa Claus at the church, Friday, Nov. 30-Sunday, Dec. 2.
Two separate Christmas backdrops will be set up in the church, one for children with Santa and one for a...
Fayette Bible Church invites the community to enjoy a “Back To The Future Christmas” play and musical performance on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 9:45 a.m. at the church, 355 McDonough Rd.
“A Back To The Future Christmas” is an original play and musical written and directed by Paul Walther, minister of music at Fayette Bible Church.
The story involves...
Woolsey Baptist Church, 115 Hampton Rd. in Fayetteville, has a new associate pastor of worship, senior adults and global missions, Matthew Shirley of Honea Path, S.C.
Shirley became a Christian in 1995. He later committed his life and vocation to making and training disciples of Jesus.
He is a May 2012 graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,...
Rolling Hills Baptist Church will celebrate Christmas with a special “Christmas by Candlelight” event on Monday, Dec. 24, from 6-6:30 p.m. at the Fayetteville Town Square.
The event will include singing Christmas carols at the Gazebo, reading the Christmas story, and singing Silent Night by candlelight. The event is open to the public.
“Our real motive here is to...
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7, 8, and 9, from 6-9 p.m., Cornerstone United Methodist Church at Thomas Crossroads in Newnan will present the inaugural drive-through Nativity as the church’s Christmas gift to the community.
Admission is free. Traffic will enter off Ga. Highway 34.
Visitors can enjoy “The Greatest Gift,” a 10-scene, live cast production from...
Word to Life Ministries will present “The Joy of Christmas” Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. at Line Creek Baptist Church, 1488 Bob Smith Rd., Sharpsburg.The production was created, written and produced by members of Word to Life Ministries. It is a contemporary drama, spiced with just enough comedy for the whole family to enjoy.There is no charge and...
Prayer vigil is Dec. 7-8 in FayettevilleApostle Sandra Broughton and the Fully Delivered Ministries family will host the 9th Annual 24 Hour Prayer Vigil beginning Friday, Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. The group will be in prayer continually from Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. until Saturday Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. Visitors can attend for the full 24 hours...
