Cal Beverly's blog

Leadership in PTC: Garbage in, garbage out

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:09:49 -0500

Notes on the UNplanned nanny city:

Here they come again, those nameless, faceless bureaucrats out of the bowels of Peachtree City who are determined — even after past rebukes — that you will get a single trash pickup service forced onto you, and it will be the one the city picks.

Important election at a time of crisis:

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:34:52 -0400

Who and what I'm voting for

I can remember one other election since 1964 that has as much import as this year’s: 1980 and the seismic shift to a man of hope, Ronald Reagan.

An email exchange: What should be the limits of local free speech?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:07:15 -0400

Some of the bloggers/commenters on this site might find the following email exchange to be of interest, especially "sniffles5" and "Evil Elvis."

Checks, but no balances

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:53:35 -0400

School system produces some paid checks, but no actual accounting

A few bloggers seem to miss the point of my earlier column: I received NO invoices detailing attorneys’ fees in my open records request.

Chairman descends mountain, speaks to us

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:17:35 -0400

“All government, of right, originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole. Public officers are the trustees and servants of the people and are at all times amenable to them.” — (Constitution of Georgia of 1983, Article I, Section II, Paragraph I.)

And my vote goes to . . .

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:09:48 -0400

Sheriff — Wayne Hannah

District attorney — Scott Ballard

County Commission — Peter Pfeifer, Greg Dunn and Bob Fuhrman

The soft underbelly of school vouchers exposed

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:11:22 -0400

[A rebuttal letter follows this column.]

A Column of Opinion — I’ve voted Republican for a quarter century, but I’m wishing I had some choices other than loony Democrats and hardcore “looking out for number one” Libertarians.

Latest exhibit: Senate Bill 458. Here is where ideological theory got pounded by political reality.

And its aftermath demonstrates how our GOP leaders — including senators Ronnie Chance (R-Tyrone) and Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg), who are hard at work covering their posteriors before elections later this year — just don’t get it.

The sound of Christmas carols in the air

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:20:01 -0500

Here’s a Christmas carol story.

My first job was playing Christmas carols. I was hired Dec. 15, 1959 at age 15 for a two-hour disk jockey slot on a little 250-watt AM station not far from the bluffs of the Chattahoochee River. My first official action was to cue up Percy Faith’s version of “The Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah.”

Who should be new PTC councilman?

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:35:12 -0500

Right in front of you, I’m going to wrestle with some conflicting political feelings.

First up is the runoff race next Tuesday with top vote-getter Mike King facing Doug Sturbaum for the Post 2 Peachtree Council seat.

Candidates who should — and who shouldn’t — be elected

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:28:36 -0400

My recommendations:

Don Haddix, Peachtree City Council Post 1

Mike King, Peachtree City Council Post 2

Is PTC facing a literal sell-out by its own Council?

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:04:19 -0400

On the agenda for this Thursday night’s meeting of the Peachtree City Council are several remarkable items in a row: A rezoning of 25 acres of the city’s industrial park land for a 367-unit apartment complex; a request to annex and rezone 13.5 acres on Redwine Road for a 48-bed assisted living facility and multiple office complexes; and a request for the city to sell a developer two city streets to allow the developer the land required to build a Kohl’s department store big box.

I’m looking for the candidate with guts to say NO

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:24:14 -0400

Minor thoughts on local themes:

Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele has no opposition to another four-year term as top dog in the county’s commercial center. Two years ago, 7 percent of Fayetteville’s registered voters bothered to come to the polls to vote. Could there be any connection between those two facts?

Wanted for PTC Council: Some spine, principles

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:31:13 -0400

“Do what I want, or I will do my best to hurt you.”

If a man walked into your home or business and spoke the words above, he would be subject to arrest.

RAMing it to Peachtree City again

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:40:27 -0400

“Do what I want, or I will do my best to hurt you.”

If a man walked into your home or business and spoke the words above, he would be subject to arrest.

‘I’m crazy, crazy for voting for you . . .’ (Sorry, Patsy)

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:02:17 -0400

Some people say you have to be crazy to run for public office.

After covering politicians over a span of 37 years, I have a different perspective. I say they go crazy after they get elected.