In Quitman, several people told LAKE about an extensive sewage problem
on the south side of town.
At one house we were told that she had been having problems for 13 years.
She said the city told her to lift up her pipes, which she did.
Yet sewage still makes a pit in her yard, which she has covered with tin;
you can see the pit under there.
When she uses her plumbing, sewage backs up inside the house. The city sent a jail inmate Continue reading
Apparently
WCTV’s “at the South Georgia Medical Center Parking Garage”>
meant actually in the nearby parking lot, because that’s where we found
some city and county employees and a few volunteers
standing in the shade of a Valdosta Police van.
An invocation and six speeches from five speakers ensued,
all in support of SPLOST VII,
the Special Local Option Sales Tax on the November ballot.
Several of the speakers were not so positive off the podium about the
library and auditorium projects, and nobody from the library board spoke.
Here are videos of all of the speeches.
Continue the growth —Sam Allen, co-chair
Also
the VDT was there,
and
Jason Schaefer wrote for the VDT yesterday,
Committee kicks off SPLOST campaign,
The major theme of the event was a firm reminder that SPLOST VII is not a new tax, just a continuation of a penny sales tax that has been in place since 1987.
Fair enough. However, Sam Allen’s second talk summed up what’s wrong with SPLOST VII: Continue reading