I am sure you are aware that the vote of whether or not to consolidate
the Valdosta City Schools into the Lowndes County School System will be
held November 8, 2011. The City only is being asked to vote on whether
to dissolve the Valdosta City School charter. The proponents of the
referendum had a choice between putting the referendum in front of the
county and city or the city alone. The Lowndes County Board of
Education asked
Chris Beckham’s Black Crow show,
WVGA 105.9, about 4PM, will have
Bobbi Anne Hancock,
Jim Parker,
John S. Quarterman,
and
Austin Batchelor Sullivan,
talking about
Occupy Valdosta
and related matters.
And everything is related.
CUEE can attribute the source of this ad to another committee all
they want to. I know that I personally overheard Rusty Griffin telling
Myrna Ballard about the ad last Thursday night at the CUEE Education
Task Force meeting which I attended as a concerned citizen. Rusty was
very excited about the ad & said he expected it to greatly enhance their
campaign to unify the black community for consolidation. I told Sam Allen
what I heard, but neither of us knew what would be in the ad until it
aired Tuesday. Rusty said he had to get a final OK so I was hoping that
person would be smarter, but evidently not. Another thing I noticed at
the meeting where everyone but me was part of the task force only two
people out of the fifteen were from the black community. How does that
represent the diversity they preach?
I personally appreciate all the times over the past months
It was during the meeting, as in this video.
I was confused because I left the room briefly and didn’t see it.
Fortunately, Gretchen had a camera going.
I was disinvited to be on Black Crow radio —Ashley Paulk
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 July 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Every time Frank Barnas asks
one of you representatives
while you all are on that radio broadcast,
he gets answers.
So many people who come before the city council who have answers
don’t get answers.
Frank Barnas @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
You know, when Roy Taylor
and
George Rhynes,
about as far apart on the political spectrum as two people can get,
think there’s something wrong with your council,
maybe it’s worth thinking about.
So today we have a report of a tornado at
Poulan (west of Tifton),
tornados in Alabama and west,
and right now the storm is sitting on top of Tallahassee in a circular pattern:
Despite the lack of historic twister activity around New Orleans,
tornado climatology indicates they become much more common due north
into south central Mississippi and expanding northeast and northwest
from northern Alabama across northern Louisiana, southwest Tennessee
and into eastern Arkansas.
As you can see by the map they posted from a recent study,
one pocket of this new tornado alley, nicknamed Dixie Alley,
is in south Georgia.
The article goes on to quote a different study that said:
…Dixie Alley has the highest frequency of long-track F3 to F5 tornadoes,
making it the most active region in the United States. … Based on this
analysis, colloquial tornado alley fails to represent the areas of highest
activity in the United States, indicating that a more comprehensive
analysis of additional tornado alleys in the United States by the NWS
may be needed in the future.
This is what NOAA Weather Radio would tell you right now.
I know this stuff because a friend called and told me to check on the Internet.
But people who can’t afford $21 for a radio don’t have Internet connections;
some don’t have telephones.
When there’s severe weather frequently telephones don’t work, either.
The red line is severe weather heading this way fast:
So I’ll give you my opinion, like I gave it to the County Commission,
and at the end of this post there’s a chronological list of links to
all the NOAA Weather Radio posts so far.
But first, what do these radios do?
According
to NOAA:
NWR is an “All Hazards” radio network, making it your single source for
comprehensive weather and emergency information. In conjunction with
Federal, State, and Local Emergency Managers and other public officials,
NWR also broadcasts warning and post-event information for all types
of hazards – including natural (such as earthquakes or avalanches),
environmental (such as chemical releases or oil spills), and public safety
(such as AMBER alerts or 911 Telephone outages).
I spoke after
J.L. Clark on 22 Feb 2011.
There is no video, because LAKE had only one camera at that meeting.
From memory, here is the gist of what I said.
I live out on the edge of the county.
I remember when Ashley Paulk moved in next door.
Clark pointed out that nobody said anything when the state effectively
raised property taxes.
He read off a list of other grants the county has accepted,
and asked:
Are you going to return those grants?
I think not.
He brought up a recent earthquake and pointed out those radios
would be quite useful in such a natural disaster.
I ask the Commissioners to think before you act,
and not to react to you-know-what.
The commissioners made no response.
Here’s
the video:
Lowndes County Commission, 22 Feb 2011, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
the Valdosta City Schools into the Lowndes County School System will be held November 8, 2011. The City only is being asked to vote on whether to dissolve the Valdosta City School charter. The proponents of the referendum had a choice between putting the referendum in front of the county and city or the city alone. The Lowndes County Board of Education asked
