I am a resident of Dalton Gardens, but I don’t personally know the mayor, the council members, or the Streeter family. It is my understanding that the mayor and City Council initially refused the Streeters’ request, but after legal action was filed against the city, the city’s attorney and the judge involved advised the council to negotiate a compromise. So they wisely did. Instead of three interior lots, they agreed to two, each one well over an acre. This is still in keeping with the spirit of Dalton Gardens’ 1-acre minimum lot size and our little city will still retain that unique rural feeling.

If we get a new council that rescinds the compromise agreement, I anticipate that the Streeters will again take legal action against the city. This could result in thousands of dollars in additional legal fees with no guarantee that the city will prevail. Allowing these additional two lots will not open up the floodgates to development of Dalton Gardens.

The many other assertions that Save Dalton Gardens claim the existing mayor and City Council are planning are misleading, highly exaggerated or just wrong. Dalton Gardens does not need to be “saved” by recalling our elected officials.

The actions of the mayor and City Council do not even come close to justifying a recall. If you don’t like the direction the city is going, or disagree with their policies, run against them in the next election and let the voters of Dalton Gardens decide instead of the governor deciding now. I urge you to vote against the recall.

MARTIN BEHM

Dalton Gardens