Very respectable turnout and impressive interaction
at the first-ever Town Hall by an individual Lowndes County Commissioner:
Demarcus Marshall, Super District 4, 15 December 2014.
See and read his
State of District 4 address.
You can read his
summary of issues and concerns,
and you can watch citizens express those concerns in
the
LAKE video playlist: Continue reading
Tag Archives: Demarcus Marshall
Topics and Highlights @ Town Hall Meeting 2014-12-15
“ There were overwhelming complaints about Advance Disposal Sanitation customer service.” Many other issues and concerns are listed in this text published by Demarcus Marshall (PDF) of feedback received and and LAKE videos of the Town Hall Meeting 5 December 2014. -jsq
Lowndes County Board of Commissioners
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall
Super District 4
Post Office Box 1349 ● Valdosta, Georgia 31603-1349 ● Phone (229) 671-2400 ● Fax (229) 245-522Super District 4 and Concerned Citizens,
I want to thank those who came to my Town Hall Meeting on December 15, 2014. It was a pleasure to hear from you. Your presence made the event a success and I look forward to another one in the near future. I have listed the “Topics and Highlights” addressed at the Town Hall Meeting below for your review. As well, I have released my State of the District Address for the public. It is my sincere hope that you will remain actively involved in our local community. In the meantime, I want to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a blessed New Year!
Sincerely,
[signed] Demarcus A. Marshall Continue reading
State of District 4 Address –Demarcus Marshall @ Town Hall Meeting 2014-12-15
Text published by Demarcus Marshall (PDF)
and LAKE video of his address at the
Town Hall Meeting 15 December 2014. -jsq
For those unaware, Super District 4 was a newly created district in Lowndes County two years ago. I assumed this office without a predecessor to this district seat. It was my understanding of this district to compliment the other districts by adding more responsiveness and accountability for the citizens of Lowndes County.
Upon being elected and occupying the seat, I inherited a wonderful staff; however, the county faced several challenges. The economy was Continue reading
Videos: Swearing Commissioners this morning @ LCC 2014-12-19
Here are videos of
swearing in the new Commissioners,
Commissioners, Mark Wisenbaker (District 3) and Scott Orenstein (District 2),
and also the re-elected Commissioner, Demarcus Marshall (District 4),
by
Senior Superior Court Judge, H. Arthur McLane, at 10 AM this morning,
19 December 2014. Continue reading
ADS wants a trash collection rate hike: who could have forseen? @ LCC 2014-12-08
Who could have forseen the rate hike ADS requested Monday morning at the Lowndes County Commission Work Session? Maybe anybody who noticed that ADS’ bid was 40% more than its quickly-acquired subsidiary Veolia’s bid.
Update 2014-12-10: No report from ADS in the board packet. Joe Adgie reported on this topic in the VDT 10 December 2014, Advanced Disposal wants price increase.
8.a. Advanced Disposal —Steve Edwards (work session)
Video. ADS wants to amend the exclusive franchise for solid waste collection due to “lost revenue and unanticipated costs”. And their number one reason: competition with “another hauler”, in other words Continue reading
Crazy Qualifying Season Finally Completed
Update 31 March 2014: Withdrawals of Thomas Sims and Don Thieme from Lowndes County Commission District 3 and of Crawford Powell from House 174. See also school board election.
Additional entries in County Commission Districts 3 and 5,
plus a swap and a withdrawal,
continued the
musical chairs in local qualifying.
Plus three out of four County Commission seats up for election
will actually be decided in May, not November.
And one state House seat and the state Senate race are hotly contested.
The three County Commission seats that will be decided May 20th are: Continue reading
Broadband, outsourcing, trash, and fire @ LCC 2014-02-28
The second day of the Commission retreat is finished. Reporting from location, Gretchen noted:
1PM: BroadBand
Chairman Bill Slaughter has a five year goal of making broadband available. Some possibility of creating a fibre ring. He says he’s working with the City of Valdosta.
Well, a year ago in February he said broadband was “one of the number one issues”, but in October he said “we have broadband”, so it’s anyone’s guess what his opinion will be in a few months.
1:06PM: Outsourcing
Commissioner Crawford Powell wants to outsource more county services.
That’s working so well, after all; see the next note.
1:19PM: Trash evaluation
Continue readingVideos, Retreat, first day @ LCC 2014-02-27
They talked in detail about the
Naylor boat ramp and park.
The discussed
animal shelter renovations for 2015 and 2016.
And of course their paving list.
Surprisingly, they actually considered whether ownership
along the road right of way should be taken into account
in deciding whether to pave or not.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall said he had been surprised
to learn that many county citizens did not want their roads paved.
Here’s the agenda and some still pictures. Here are the raw videos so you can see for yourself.
Videos, Retreat, first day
Annual Retreat, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 February 2014.
They’re back at it this morning, and Gretchen is there videoing.
-jsq
District 2 is open seat for Lowndes County Commission election
The incumbent is not running for election for the northern district of Lowndes
County, so it’s an open seat.
Here are
district maps; District 2 is mostly west of Bemiss Road and north of Valdosta.
To see which districts you’re in, go to
VALOR GIS Election Boundary Map,
in Layers On-Off turn on Lowndes County Commision Districts,
and zoom in on your address.
The appended letter was
received Monday via Commissioner Demarcus Marshall. -jsq
From: Richard Raines
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 11:06 PM
To: Bill Slaughter; Joyce Evans; Crawford Powell; John Page; Demarcus Marshall; Joe Pritchard; Paige Dukes
Cc: kay.harris@gaflnews.com
Subject: Announcement Continue reading
Sabal Trail answers: Commissioners did forward questions @ LCC 2013-12-09
Nobody said
last Monday
that Commissioners had asked for a written response from Sabal Trail.
All we knew was
the four questions Commissioners asked.
Maybe the county should hire a public information officer;
I see they no longer
have one listed on their website front page,
and the last
website public notice is from April.
Fortunately, Commissioner Demarcus Marshall forwarded Spectra’s answers
yesterday. He also copied the Valdosta Daily Times, with
attached PDF.
-jsq
From: Demarcus Marshall
Date: December 13, 2013, 3:01:32 PM CST
Subject: FW: Sabal Trail/Lowndes County Commissioner response FINAL 12122013.pdfConcerned Citizens,
These are the responses from Sabal Trail regarding the questions forwarded to me. Please forward to those in opposition of the surveys and those that have agreed to them.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall, M.P.A.
From: Fahrenthold, Brian C
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:46 PM
To: Demarcus Marshall
Cc: Bill Slaughter; Joyce Evans; Richard Raines; Crawford Powell; John Page; County Manager; Belinda Lovern
Subject: Sabal Trail/Lowndes County Commissioner response FINAL 12122013.pdfCommissioner Marshall, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners and County Manager Pritchard:
Attached is a more detailed summation to the questions posed to the Commission by Ms. Singletary.
Should you need Continue reading