The protesters are revolting these days! Is there nothing an Industrial Authority can do to keep them off its doorstep? Where are these people protesting? Could it be outside the Industrial Authority? Protesters @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Part 1 of 4: Biomass protesters, Regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA, Norman Bennett, Roy […]
6PM tonight, Monday 4 April 2011, at Hildegard’s Cafe, 101 East Central Ave, the topic at the Lowndes County Democratic Monthly Meeting is T-SPLOST, according to their Chair Gretchen Quarterman: Come hear Chairman Ashley Paulk and MPO Director Cory Hull give us information about T-SPLOST. The special local option tax for Transportation. Ashley Paulk is […]
What’s this about yet another sales tax decided on by regional transportation boards and GDOT? Corey Hull of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Metropolitan Planning Organization (VLMPO) explained T-SPLOST at the regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA). Georgia HB 277, which was passed by the legislature and signed into law last year, calls for a […]
Wiregrass Technical College wants to expand onto some land owned by the Industrial Authority, using SPLOST funds. Chairman Jerry Jennett: The point is they’re landlocked. And so what you want to do is you want to take what your tract is now and have the ability to expand your building in the future. You want […]
Roy Copeland had a question about Project Excel, the private prison that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) wants to build in Lowndes County, at the 15 March 2011 VLCIA board meeting. Q: He wanted to know if there are other communities competing for the project, and whether they had also paid a second extension. A: […]
Regarding the private prison that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) wants to build in Lowndes County, at the 15 March 2011 VLCIA board meeting, Col. Ricketts gave an update, saying CCA had made a second payment as stipulated in the purchase and development agreement: Regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA, Norman Bennett, Roy […]
What’s Project Excel? A private prison for Lowndes County, proposed by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Back in August 2010 when the VDT first brought this story to light, I pointed out that CCA is the same company that lobbied heavily for Arizona’s new immigration law so CCA could get more customers. And I wondered […]
And now the moment that’s been discussed since Thursday, Brad Lofton’s goodbye: Like Mr. Minchew I’m not good at goodbyes either. I wanted to say I’ll be brief… I’m not articulate enough to begin to thank y’all for the unbelievable privilege I’ve had for the last five years. …unbelievable board of directors, the most talented […]
First I praised the completion of the Wiregrass Solar LLC plant in Valdosta. Then I complimented Brad Lofton on finding his new job and hoped he’d be happy in Myrtle Beach. Then I praised the VDT for its editorial recommending using this opportunity to consult the councils of the various municipalities and the County Commission, […]
Former VLCIA board member Crawford Powell remarked in Citizens Wishing to be Heard: I was on the board as most of you know when we hired Brad and I just want to publicly say Brad I think you’ve done an exceptionally great job for this community. I’m very proud of the accomplishments you and the […]