That’s right. On any given day several hundred flights take off from Hartsfield Airport using Fayette County air space as a virtual runway above our quiet and peaceful rural homes. [They use] the identical flight path every one to three minutes, which, along with low elevation and climbing, creates louder jet noise.

I have a modest solution to the problem of the lights on Ga. Highway 74.

Until they are fixed with their sensors, why not act as if the lights are a four-way stop when no other traffic is present?

I read your article in today’s paper about the traffic lights on Ga. Highway 74 with bemused interest.

I would argue that most of the traffic lights in Fayette County would qualify as “stupid” lights.

It’s hard out there for a cowboy engineer. Please let me explain. It all started in a city named Palm Beachtree City, Georgia. This was a so-called wonderful and affluent place located far, far away in the land of make-believe, in that old Soviet Republic of Georgia. In fact, you’d love to call it home. You might say this here is a sister city of ours. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

This letter is in response to the one written by A. Russell in last week’s paper regarding the filling of a swimming pool vs. washing a car.

Re: Commissioner Pfeifer’s Position concerning defined benefits.

It is refreshing to see an elected representative that understands the fiscal downside to defined benefit plans.

On behalf of the Planning Committee of the 2008 Relay For Life of Fayette County, we would like to thank everyone who helped to make this year’s event a great success.

I am writing to tell our story. We have a child who was diagnosed with autism, PDD-NOS and severe developmental delays.

I congratulate local real estate agent Kay Lloyd for speaking out in the newspaper. It is not the first time someone has expressed their dislike of me discussing the issues and people who shape them, and there are certain special interests who would like to see me gone for good.

I would like to explain to those liberals and fans of Barack Obama who are alternately mystified and angry about the whole Rev. Wright affair. At best, they think the hubbub is a giant waste of time. At worst, they think it’s a not-so-thinly veiled racist attack on both Wright and Obama with no merit or precedent.

During my term as president of the State Bar of Georgia, I have been able to observe the many positive contributions our members are making outside the realm of the legal profession and the justice system. I can think of no greater demonstration of one’s commitment to public duty than that of those who have served the United States in our armed services.

It’s difficult to believe that a Fayette County homeowner is allowed to fill his/her swimming pool without any restrictions whatsoever, while one cannot wash his/her vehicle.

In reference to the soon-to-be re-completed Huddleston Pond article by Mr. Munford: Has anyone in political office in the city LOOKED at what used to be one of our little neighborhood jewels that make Peachtree City special?

On April 19, Dr. Byron Harper, Jr. passed away. There was a funeral on Wednesday, and then he was buried in simple grave in a small cemetery.

My name is Ann Jackson and on July 15, 2008, I am seeking your nomination as the Republican candidate for the next Fayette County probate judge. Why should you vote for me?

Many people in the community have asked me to run for reelection to the Board of Education. After much thought, I have decided to run again for another term in the Post 3 position.

A recent column by Steve Brown has spurred me to write this letter. In it he asked citizens to get involved in local issues.

I read Mr. Scott Bradshaw’s column on the state’s new process for builders licenses with great interest. However, always proceed with caution when someone in the building industry tells you the new licensing program for his industry is the best thing since sliced bread.

Pack a lunch for work rather than leaving work to eat out.

Do a little pre-planning and consolidate trips to the bank, grocery store, etc., rather than unnecessary back and forth trips from home.

To Ga. EPD Director Carol Couch: Could you please explain why we still have water restrictions in Fayette County? I haven’t washed my cars since August.

I must agree with the opinion of the writer who believes there should be limits constructed and reported for the use of the [county’s] emergency weather signal.

I wanted to let you know that May 1 is National School Principal’s Day.

As you know, we have many many great principals in our Fayette County schools. Whitewater Middle and Whitewater High School are always a couple of the best performers when it comes to encouraging our students to excel in all areas.

I would just like ask the citizens of Fayette County to remember our Confederate soldiers who died 1861-1865. Organizations like the LaFayette McLaws Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) of Fayetteville, remember and decorate the graves of Southern soldiers every year.

I’d like to be very clear about my opposition to a defined benefit retirement plan, also known as a DB plan, for Fayette County. My position on this issue may not have been completely clear in the last newspaper story about it.

Lake Kedron is full. Lake Peachtree is full. Lake Horton is full.

Since Jan. 1, 2008, we have had almost 25 inches of rain at my home. My yard is like a wet sponge.

Editors and Citizen reporters, I would like for you to find out who the Chicken Little was who sent Fayette County into mass hysteria over a school choice bill (SB 458) that would never have affected Fayette County public schools.

I am running for reelection to the County Commission. The most important reason I am running for reelection is that I believe we deserve to have a proven independent voice on the commission.

For any level of government to succeed, it must have a sense of honesty, a sense of history, a long-range vision for policy and the competence to shed the current consultant/lobbyist dependency. And the elected officials must remember the core functions of government are supposed to be centered on the people and not the special interests or whims of fancy produced by politicians.

Ms. McCutchen, I have studied the stated goals of your foundation and support them; however, your letter to the editor of The Citizen is quite curious, given these goals. I have some comments and questions concerning your points and conclusions.

The Starr’s Mill High School Choir has instilled hope during a recent trip to Washington, D.C. The trip began the morning of April 3, 2008, when the chorus members met at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to start their life-changing journey.