Please Bring Back Part of Stockbridge

Please bring back just part of Stockbridge that we once knew 45 years ago.  A time when family was a key thing in the community.  A time when we were preparing to celebrate the first 150 years of our county.  Those who didn't live here then have no idea of the connect between the people of that time.  Yes, there were problems, but in a town of 1,500 people it was something that could be dealt with without all the anger and destruction of today.  The city has grown in four decades to a lofty 26,000 because of all the annexation that took place to give a safe harbor to the subdivisions wanting to come in.  But today's problems have become so complex that lawyers, and money changers have moved in to make a fortune.  Please give Stockbridge at least a peaceful day or even a minute to remember the way it was when the bus stopped at the train track to let off folks going to work in Atlanta.  A time when they rolled up the side walks at noon on Wednesday and stores were closed on Sunday and folks went to church to be in good fellowship with one another.  A simpler time and not ready for today's ills.  At least the memories are still there.