Tag Archives: Richard Raines

Thanks for Susan Wehling’s email –Ashley Paulk

Chairman Paulk says he got a very good email from Susan Wehling, who said she could not be here tonight.


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Environmental interest –Bobbi Anne Hancock

She says she has asked the Industrial Authority who in our local community has done studies on the environment and our health? She says she understands that they have constituents who are not from here, but who locally can do some investigating that specifically cares about Lowndes County, who has the environmental expertise?

Chairman Paulk thanks her for their earlier conversation, and says: “I will seek an answer.”


Video by John S. Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Two cameras and the sound is bad in both, although for other speakers it’s fine. I attribute it to the microphone being too far away from her, and when Chairman Paulk speaks to the audience he leans around his laptop and thus away from his microphone.

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More against biomass –Karen Noll

Karen Noll, co-presiden of WACE, notes that the proposed biomass plant would burn human waste, which is animal waste, so there may be a conflict with the requirements the County Commission made when it rezoned the land for the plant. She asks biomass oponents to stand; many do.


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Other biomass plants in the county –S.W. “Frenchie” DePasture

Frenchie points out that there are other biomass plants in the county, and he even helped set one of them up. He wonders if biomass opponents know that. (Yes, VLCIA has mentioned it enough times.)


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Transparency and celebrating citizen participation –John S. Quarterman

I thank County Clerk Paige Dukes for making the text of the new Policies and Procedures available, and refer it to as as sterling example of local government transparency. Then I remark that I can’t be quite as complimentary about their content, which is in some parts too vague and in others too strict. I offer to provide written comments. And in my personal opinion local government should not suppress but rather celebrate citizen participation!


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Since at least one commissioner did ask for them, I sent them the written comments yesterday; they will follow in a separate post.

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More about biomass –Dr. Michael Noll

A bit better reception than he got last time.


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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Missing Eunice son and murdered Evans niece –Ashley Paulk

Chairman Paulk reminds us of the Eunice child still missing and informs us that Joyce Evans’ niece was murdered, and asks us to keep them in mind.


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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“The road of respect goes both ways” –Matt Flumerfelt

Matt Flumerfelt compliments the commission on the good reception he’s gotten previously and objects to the item in the new rules about the commission being able to close subjects. He notes there is always resort to the law, but he hopes things won’t come to that. He concludes:
“The road of respect goes both ways.”


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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“I’m here every morning” –Ashley Paulk

You could hear this after Matt Flumerfelt spoke in the previous post, but let’s pull it out separately here. This is Ashley Paulk recommending that people come in and talk to their commissioners, and he says:
“I’m here every morning.”


Video by John S. Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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“The road of respect goes both ways” –Matt Flumerfelt

Matt Flumerfelt compliments the commission on the good reception he’s gotten previously and objects to the item in the new rules about the commission being able to close subjects. He notes there is always resort to the law, but he hopes things won’t come to that. He concludes:
“The road of respect goes both ways.”


Video by Gretchen Quarterman
of the regular meeting of the Lowndes County Commission, 25 Jan 2011
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

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