Original letter vs. published letter-to-editor.

Original:

Dear Editor,




This is an open letter to the mayor and the ethical and efficacious four city councilmen of the City of St. Marys.



Lady and Gentlemen,



Congratulations on your fully expected, total exoneration by the grand jury of all of the specious, politically motivated charges lodged by Bob Nutter,

Alex Kearns, Jo Beth (Mrs. Greg) Bird, and Dick Russell with the full collusion and support of a collection of local loons who are known variously to the saner citizenry as the “Nutter Gang,” the “Nutty Buddies,” the “Commie-Lib Eco-Loons,” etc.



Mr. Mayor, I applaud your announced intention to pursue legal action against this group of would-be anarchists to recover some of the estimated $10,000 or more they have cost the city in defending against their malign calumnies. It’s a start. However, it is only a start and nowhere near an adequate response.



I’m sure that many citizens will endorse the following recommendations for additional actions against the Nutter Gang.



1. Immediately purge all city committees and boards of all known and suspected members of the Nutty Gang.

2. Afford renegade Councilmen Bird and Howell only the bare minimum consideration that the law and Roberts’ Rules of Order afford them. Otherwise, ignore them and proceed with city business.

3. When Nutter, Kearns, et al, act out in council meetings, ignore them totally for their allotted five minutes then move on with the city’s business without responding in any way.

4. Vote to cancel (irrevocably) the hotel/motel or so called “bed tax.” The receipt of the bed tax is of course, the raison d’être for the nettlesome, blood-sucking CVB. Without it, they will soon wither and die. Good riddance. The other 99% of us did not take the DMA to raise.

5. Cancel the recycling program. It is an unnecessary waste of money. We have adequate landfill space at the current landfill for several more centuries!

6. Have the political courage to stop the cozy relationship with the St. Marys Earthkeepers with its implied city endorsement of their activities. Clearly, they have bitten off the hand that fed them.

7. Give Earthkeepers president, Alex Kearns, 30 days to get her gazebo and bricks off of city property.



Lady and Gentlemen, if the Nutter Gang and their ilk want to play hardball, then by all means show them how it is done.

The true majority will stand up and cheer when you do.



Jay Moreno

St. Marys, GA

Here's the letter actually published after several revisions by me at editor's insistence:

Grand jury


got it right

Dear Editor,

I wish to congratulate the

mayor and the four ethical

and efficacious councilpersons

of St. Marys on their

fully expected, total exoneration

by the grand jury of all

of the specious, politically

motivated charges lodged by

Bob Nutter, Alex Kearns, Jo

Beth — Mrs. Greg — Bird

and Dick Russell with the

full collusion and support of

a collection of others.

I applaud Mayor Bill De-

Loughy’s announced intention

to pursue legal action

against this group’s reckless,

disgruntled citizens to recover

some of the estimated

$10,000 or more they have

cost the city in defending

against their accusations. It’s

a start.

However, it is only a start

and nowhere near an adequate

response.

While we unfortunately

cannot deal with the failed

coup plotters as Peter the

Great once famously did,

I’m sure that many citizens

will endorse the following

recommendations for additional

actions against the

coup plotters.

Immediately purge all

city committees and boards

of all known members of the

attempted coup, such as Bob

Nutter and Alex Kearns, as

well as all suspected members.

Afford renegade councilmen

Greg Bird and Sidney

Howell only the bare

minimum consideration that

the law and Robert’s Rules of

Order afford them. Otherwise,

ignore them and proceed

with city business.

When Bob Nutter, Alex

Kearns, et al., act out in

council meetings, ignore

them totally for their allotted

five minutes then move on

with the city’s business without

responding in any way.

• Vote to cancel — irrevocably

— the hotel/motel or

so-called “bed tax.” The receipt

of the bed tax is of

course, the raison d’être for

the nettlesome, blood-sucking

convention and visitors

bureau. Without it, they will

soon wither and die. Good

riddance.

• Cancel the recycling

program. It is an unnecessary

waste of money. We have adequate

landfill space at the

current landfill for several

more centuries.

• Have the political

courage to stop the cozy relationship

with the St. Marys

EarthKeepers with its implied

city endorsement of

their activities. Clearly, they

have bitten off the hand that

fed them.

• Remove the gazebo and

bricks donated by Earth-

Keepers president Alex

Kearns to the city from the

property next to Oak Grove

Cemetery.

Lady and gentlemen, if the

attempted coup leaders and

their ilk want to play hardball,

then by all means show

them how it is done. The

true majority will stand up

and cheer when you do.

Jay Moreno

St. Marys