Here's Looking at You...Mr. Felts..Thank You for your Dispatch/Letter to the Editor

Mr. Felts in your letter you asked everyone
to let you know if they agreed or disagreed
with you. Thank you for the invitation to
respond to your letter to the Editor. Our
guest writers are puzzled as to how to try
and respond to your letter.

Forgive us but this opportunity is almost
more fun than any human being should be
allowed to have.(Courtesty Rush Limbaugh).

Seriously, your letter and it's attempted logic
defies description. Nevertheless, your attempt
to justify your abject performance on the board
and reason your way, in a public forum, to a
common sense conclusion begs us to respond.

Let's start at the end of your letter..."As your
Alderman, I hold myself responsible, because
if I fail, then I have to live with knowing I've
created problems for everyone."

Sir, you are dead-on right! Oh, that our former
mayor had such a committed outlook on his job.
Mr. Felts as a long time alderman with a record
on the job for everyone to judge let's start with
your record. At one time you were the driving
force to adopt a Code of Ethics and then sudden-
ly you stopped. Why? We assume at one time
you realized how acute the need was for a Code
of Ethics. Who stopped you? Your record stands
as doing nothing more on any kind of Code.
Let's mark that down as a Felt's Failure.

You asked why the blog hasn't printed that every
member of BOMA and the Plannng Commission
have voted for PUDs. Well we just did. And
guess what? Our interim Mayor says that Ballen-
ger Farms and Bent Creek were serious mistakes
and that you'll never see any more PUDs like
those!

Oh that we could depend on that promise. Sorry,
but since you, Mr. Felts and Mr. Dugger, and all
the rest of the board and planning commission
voted for PUDs we cannot trust that you won't
do it again.
Let's mark that down as a Felt's Failure.

You refer to "United we stand, Divided we fall."
How very true. You and previous mayor, board
and planning commission were all united to
support PUDs. This divided or separated you
from the people/voters who voted against any
kind of PUDs in a 2004 survey. You, Mr. Felts,
and your associates deliberately ignored the
wishes and will of the people who put you in
office. Therefore, you will have to suffer the
consequences of a no confidence vote in Nov.
2006 election. To put it in plain spoken lang-
uage don't bother to run for re-election you
have lost the confidence of your former
supporters and our readers, too.
Let's mark that down as a Felt's Failure.

Now, your current performance with our
interim mayor hasn't improved. In fact you
are even more confused than before. You state
that PUDs give the board a lot of control over
how a developers project will look. If that is
a fact why did our interim mayor say that
Ballenger Farms and Bent Creek were
mistakes by the board that would never
happen again? Let's mark that down as a
Felt's Failure.

This following statement, Mr. Felt's, you
should be ashamed of..."by law a developer
could if he wanted to, put modular homes
in and our board is bound by law to let
it happen." And you say that isn't a scare
tactic...it is outrageous and literally seals
everyone's opinion that you cannot be
trusted with any serious decision making
on behalf of our town. Let's mark that
down as another Felt's Failure.

Yes, as you say Mr. Felt's we have every
right to our opinion and yes we do print
exactly what's going on and it isn't pretty
to watch the pathetic performance of our
would be town leaders. And that includes
you, Mr. Felts and your repeated referrals
to the Horrorscope to find some direction
for your decisions. Let's mark that down
as another Felt's Failure.

Oh that we could say that you, Mr. Felts,
didn't fall for that old worn-out scare tactic
comparing our town to the county. But we
can't so the 8,000 sq. ft. down to 1,600 sq.
ft. lots permitted by the county will continue
to be thrown up in our faces by you in hopes
that we don't really see how little you are
doing to solve the problem. Let's mark that
down as another Felt's Failure.

As far as your would-be workshop on PUDs
don't bother most of our citizens are sick and
tired of your attempts to justify your PUD
failures of the past. Let's mark that down as
another Felt's Failure.

We could go on, but this isn't fun anymore.
Please thank the Nolensville Dispatch for
printing your letter in what has to be very
valuable space. Even though most folks
don't read the Dispatch for information
about what is going on in our local govern-
ment. Also we thank you for mentioning
our internet address in your letter. Our
current readship is running almost 20,000
readers per month and growing.

Let us sign off with your classic statement
"I've done what I said I would and I'm still
unsure of the answer?" Mr. Felt's take our
readers advice and resign now, so another
can take your place and do what needs to
be done. Let's mark that down as another
Felt's Failure.

Now you know the "Rest of the Story!"
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