The effort to recall Fayette County Board of Education member Bob Todd has been put on hold until the Fayette County Board of Elections can take up the matter on Nov. 6. Meantime, Todd on Tuesday weighed in on the ethics violations alleged by recall chairperson and Tyrone resident Melissa Hill.
Hill previously obtained the 100 signatures required for the...
Fayette County commissioners are expected to appoint three ethics board members and two alternates so a hearing may be convened on a complaint lodged against Fayette County Attorney Scott Bennett.
The commission is expected to appoint the ethics board members at its Nov. 7 workshop meeting.
The complaint against Bennett was filed by attorney Wayne Kendall on behalf of residents Richard...
The latest dispute in the district voting lawsuit is whether or not a new county commission district map proposed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was drawn solely for racial reasons or if other factors were considered by the demographer who created it.
The NAACP contends the map was not created based solely on race, but...
4th location opens for early voting
Aside from the questions on the Nov. 6 ballot, the other question is how many people will be left to vote on election day? As of Tuesday morning, more than 24,000 of Fayette County’s 82,000 eligible voters had already cast their ballots in early voting. When you add the more than 2,300 absentee ballots...
The Wadsworth Auditorium in historic downtown Newnan will be really “swinging” as it hosts an independent production of “Always…..Patsy Cline” Nov. 1-4. This presentation, produced by The 4 Friends Project, showcases the Ted Swindley show about Patsy Cline and her relationship with one devoted fan. The 4 Friends Project (Ed and Patty Richardson of Peachtree City and...
The agenda for the Nov. 1 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council will be limited but will include an overview of the proposed Fayetteville Police Department Auxiliary Force.
Police Chief Steve Heaton will report on his recommendation to establish the auxiliary force. The idea is to have the new unit established with graduates from the department’s Citizen Police Academy, Heaton...
Fayetteville plays host to several large events this Saturday, Nov. 3, that will cause traffic delays in downtown Fayetteville, according to Fayetteville Police Capt. Steve Crawshaw.
“Expect delays primarily between 11 a.m. and noon along southbound Highway 85 and westbound Highway 54 near the downtown square,” Crawshaw said.
The Veteran’s Parade starts at 11 a.m. on Lafayette Avenue and will make...
A report to a Fayette County School Resource Officer in early October led to the arrest Oct. 26 of a Jonesboro man on charges of aggravated child molestation.
Daniel Lee Wenzel, 19, was charged with child molestation and aggravated child molestation, according to Fayette County Sheriff’s spokesman Brent Rowan. The charges are in connection to the molestation case that occurred...
An Oct. 29 lookout for a stolen vehicle ended with Peachtree City Police searching for the driver after he abandoned the car on Ga. Highway 74 near the Baseball/Soccer Complex. Thirty-six-year-old Tony Perry is on the loose and considered dangerous.
Peachtree City Police spokesman Mark Brown said officers at approximately 5:20 p.m. Monday afternoon received a dispatch relating to a...
Peter and Geri Ditto of San Clemente, Calif., announce the engagement of their daughter, Hope to William P. Reilly IV, son of William and Antoinette Reilly of Peachtree City, Ga.
Hope is a 2010 graduate of George Washington University with a degree in Political Communication. She is currently a Senior Associate at Amplify Public Affairs in Washington,...
The Fayette County Commission on Oct. 11 unanimously approved a recommendation by Fayette County Water System Director Tony Parrott to shut down the Willowbend well in Peachtree City.
That decision at first glance might seem to be at odds with a call for the request to have the state permit Fayette County to impose water use restrictions due to low...
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hester are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Adriene Hester, to Ashton Walter Staniszewski, son of Mr. Roman Staniszewski of Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. Ceres West Austria of Port Charlotte, Fla.
The bride is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Patrick of Riverdale, Ga., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Hester...
Several hundred residents from Fayette County and beyond met Oct. 27 for the 15th annual Freedom Fund Banquet hosted by the Fayette County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The event was held at the Wyndham Conference Center in Peachtree City and featured Congressman David Scott.
Scott in his remarks combined the upcoming presidential...
Hundreds of costumed children stopped by the very busy Stonewall complex in downtown Fayetteville last Saturday. In addition to Market Day, the annual Trick or Treat on Main Street event was also taking place, featuring rides, games, informational booths and more. While kids enjoyed trick or treating from table to table, they also took part in the costume contest....
Mrs. Annie Iris Browning Bullard passed gently away on the morning of Oct. 29, 2012 at the age of 84 years.
She was born on April 15, 1928 in Laurens County, Ga.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James Isaac Browning and Annie Herndon Browning, her brother, James Waitus Browning and her husband of 53 years, Winston...
John Phil Davis passed away Oct. 24, 2012 after 82 wonderful years of life, sharing 63 of those in unwavering love with his adored wife, Theresa.
He lived and loved every single day of it. Born a country boy in Zebulon, Ga. on February 15, 1930, John was raised on a farm by loving parents, John Phil Davis, Sr....
Hana Matsunaga Hudgins, formerly of East Point and Fayetteville, passed away on Oct. 23, 2012.
Hana graduated from Russell High School, East Point, Ga. in 1944. She is also retired from Delta Airlines.
Preceded in death by her parents, Shiro and Mabel Matsunaga, her sisters, Catherine Collett, and Mary Reagan, brothers Shiro Matsunaga, Taro Matsunaga and son Ronald Hudgins.
She...
Mrs. Faith H. Parent, 75, of Peachtree City, Ga., passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
She was born in Chicago, Ill. on Feb. 2, 1937 to Hugh Haney and Victoria Hahn Haney. Mrs. Parent was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, her sorority Beta Sigma Phi for 25...
Martha "Rosemary" Williams passed away from a hemorrhagic stroke on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at the age of 89.
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Rosemary and her husband, Jack Williams moved to Peachtree City, Ga., from Ankeny, Iowa upon their retirement.
She passed away peacefully without pain surrounded by her family.
Rosemary was the school librarian at East Elementary in...
“All of them.”
That was the answer to a question we posed to each other over coffee at Mimi’s last week.
The question was, “How many of the Americans you know who have ever worn a military uniform would have volunteered to go into harm’s way to help our diplomats under attack in Benghazi?”
All of them.
All of the old fart veterans...
When I originally decided to write this article, I thought I would begin it very differently than the way that I am.
I will begin with the challenge of simply having the title, “Why I am voting for Mitt Romney.”
When statistically one knows that 90 percent of African-Americans voted for our current president and many of my friends and family...
Let’s say you are going through an intersection and have the green light. I plow through that intersection on a red light and hit your vehicle. What are the first two things you and the police will want to see? And if I don’t have those two things, you will sue me. Yep, a driver’s license and an insurance...
Confidence men know that their victim — “the mark” as he has been called — is eventually going to realize that he has been cheated. But it makes a big difference whether he realizes it immediately, and goes to the police, or realizes it after the confidence man is long gone.
So part of the confidence racket is creating a...
When I breezed into the beauty shop amidst the chatter of voices and clatter of hair dryers and curling irons, I noticed the thick book dropped casually in a chair and it struck me as a bit strange. It’s rare to see anyone reading that book these days. It was probably the first time in decades that a copy...
We are both proud products of Fayette County public schools. We also both now have young children attending Fayette County public schools.
There is absolutely nothing more important to us than the quality of public education for the children of Fayette County and for all of Georgia. We both understand and profoundly believe in the power of a quality education...
Ballot questions are notorious for being misleading and the proposed charter school amendment to the Georgia Constitution is no different. The question asks, “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow state or local approval of public charter schools upon the request of local communities?”
It is interesting that the proponents of this amendment don’t ever talk about what...
A few vocal opponents of the charter school amendment make a big deal about a Georgia Department of Education (DOE) commission approving some charters. IS it a big deal?
Parents (and non-profit groups) can now submit a charter to their local school board for approval, and if it is denied, they can appeal to the state DOE. The DOE established...
While voting yesterday on the charter school amendment, I realized the grand potential of this concept. Imagine how lithe would be life if we expand our freedoms with an extended set of similar amendments to touch every aspect of our existences.
By creating state commissions answerable to no one, we could easily circumvent locally elected officials with their hyper-sensibilities to...
In 2008 then Presidential candidate Obama ran on a platform of “Hope and Change.” He certainly delivered change.
After four years of failing policies, our country is experiencing massive unemployment, spiraling deficits, and diminished military capabilities.
However, in her recent column Bonnie Willis suggests that we should ignore such a dismal record because he still remains a beacon of hope.
What am...
If President Obama is re-elected, the Senate already has a bill in waiting entitled the Consumer Ready Environmental Energy Plan (note the acronym).
One major aspect of the plan is to require all citizens to reduce their carbon footprint by 2015.
Beginning in 2015, if a citizen cannot provide proof that they have purchased a solar panel, windmill, or electric vehicle...
Put together by government’s bean counters, they know that Obama Medicare Program costs will definitely go down for the government, however; they will rise for Medicare users. Medicare is in three main parts, Part A is hospitalization, Part B” is for doctors’ care, and Part D is for medication.
According to “Medicare Chart book, Fourth edition, 2010” only 21 percent...
It’s an “Obamanation” how our President is getting credit for programs linked to his name while we pay the cash for his free advertising.
One example is the “Obama Phone” given to the less than fortunate who receives them at no cost. The truth is those more financially fortunate are tapped for the costs of the “Obama Phone,” not the...
On behalf of the Fayette County Republican Party, I wanted to inform you that we are strongly endorsing Mary Kay Bacallao for Post 2 on the Fayette County School Board.
There is only one Republican Candidate in the race and Mary Kay is it.
Her opponent and incumbent school board member has served for 12 years and has been instrumental in...
My children have long since left the Fayette County School System where they all received excellent educations and each got to go to the universities of their choice.
Many people will agree that one of the mitigating factors that brought them to Fayette County was the excellent school system, it was for us.
My gravest concern now is, if we are...
