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Musical chairs in local qualifying
Three out of five voting County Commissioners are not running again, and one has already vacated his seat, plus you have to have a playing card to keep track of who’s running for the state Senate and House.
We already knew
State Senator Tim Golden was not running again,
and now we know who’s running for that seat:
Richard Raines (R),
who had said
two months ago he was not running again for
County Commission District 2,
Ellis Black (R) currently House 174, Bikram Mohanty (D) who ran last time and came close,
and John Page (R), who thus vacated County Commission District 5.
Because Ellis Black is running for Senate, and even though he qualifed for his House District 174 seat Monday, when he qualified for Senate Wednesday, he left his House seat open. Running for District 174 are Crawford Powell (R), currently County Commissioner for District 3, Jessie Smith (D), and John L. Corbett (R).
The incumbents qualifed for the other House seats, each with no challenger.
As for the three (3) County Commission seats now open, here, read Gretchen’s explanation.
And remember, more changes can still happen, because qualifying has reopened for County Commission District 3, and will have to reopen for District 5.
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GA Senator Tim Golden not running
This makes state Senate district 8 an open seat.
Qualifying is al this week, Monday through Friday.
Dated 2 March 2014, STATEMENT OF SENATOR TIM GOLDEN:
Today, I am announcing that I will not be a candidate for re-election to the Georgia State Senate, District 8, in 2014. After 34 years in public service—more than half of what will soon be my 60 years on this earth—and having gone through many difficult yet successful campaigns during that time, I have decided that this is the right time to devote more time to my business career and to my family during the remainder of our son’s high school years before he goes on to college.
I’m familiar with at least
one of Sen. Golden’s campaigns,
but he has also
spoken up for solar power in Georgia,
although neither he nor his buddy Gov. Deal got it that doubling
GEFA’s solar state tax rebate fund once in 2011 wasn’t enough when
solar deployments increase 65% every year.
Witness we installed 12KW more of solar panels at the end of 2012
and we’re finally on the list for rebate for 2014
because state funds for 2012 and 2013 were already used up.
Maybe we can elect a state senator who will Continue reading
Secret meeting of Lowndes County Commission and state reps @ LCC 2013-12-20
The VDT report doesn’t say when or where, and doesn’t say whether
Dexter Sharper (District 177) wasn’t invited or chose not to attend.
There’s nothing about this meeting in the online agendas or calendar, even though that calendar lists Pictures with Santa at the Historical Courthouse (12/19/2013).
There is this undated public notice with no agenda:
The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners will meet with members of Lowndes County’s Legislative Delegation on Friday, December 20, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. in the Commissioner’s Conference Room located on the 3rd floor of the Judicial-Administrative Complex, 327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia.
K. Paige Dukes, County Clerk
pdukes@lowndescounty.com 229-671-2400
Matthew Woody wrote for the VDT 22 December 2013,
Commissioners host local delegation,
oddly omitting the when and where and much of the why from
the traditional
who, what, when, where, and why of journalism.
The Lowndes County Commission hosted Continue reading
Tim Golden and Amy Carter at Chamber Legislative Lunch @ VLCoC 2013-12-04
The event posting (noon today at Wiregrass Tech)
doesn’t say, but I’m told state
Senator Tim Golden (District 8) and
state
Rep. Amy Carter (R 175) will be there.
Event Name: State Legislative Lunch Event Type(s): Chamber Calendar
Community Calendar
MetroOne
Continue reading Description: A luncheon featuring a program presented by State Legislators on issues on top for the upcoming State Legislative Session. Tickets are $15 for Chamber members and $20 for non-members. Seating is limited!
ADS buys At Your Disposal
ADS just bought a company called At Your Disposal, Inc.
That’s interesting, because just six weeks ago
State Sen. Tim Golden’s fraternity brother Steve Edwards,
Atlanta Sales and Marketing for Advanced Disposal Systems (ADS),
said he didn’t forsee any additional acquisitions.
Additional after
ADS’s purchase of Veolia six months ago,
just after the Lowndes County Commission chose
Veolia’s highest bid for waste collection,
which was
not as high as its soon-to-be-parent-company ADS’s bid
for the same service package.
ADS PR of yesterday,
ADVANCED DISPOSAL ACQUIRES AT YOUR DISPOSAL, INC. FURTHER EXPANDING COMPANY’S NORTH GEORGIA OPERATIONS
MINERAL BLUFF, Ga., (June 4, 2012) — Advanced Disposal Services Inc., a regional integrated environmental services company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, has acquired the assets of At Your Disposal, Inc. The purchase further expands the company’s footprint in the North Georgia marketplace.
“Acquiring At Your Disposal presented an excellent Continue reading
Videos of the landfill gas energy meeting 2013-04-15
Since LAKE was the only coverage of the
Pecan Row Landfill Gas Energy meeting 15 April 2013 at Colquitt EMC in Valdosta,
these videos let you see the interesting cast of speakers and other attendees.
Our host,
Danny Nichols, Colquitt EMC General Manager, expressed concerns about
feel-good vs. economically viable energy projects and said he
thought the landfill gas project was both, emphasizing “like a
switch it comes on”, in other words, baseload.
(Colquitt EMC is
not big on smart grid.)
Legislative Luncheon at Wiregrass Tech by Chamber and Rotaries @ VLCoC 2012-12-05
No questions and no mention of Moody AFB at the Legislative Luncheon at
the
Legislative Luncheon at Wiregrass Technical College Wednesday by
the Chamber of Commerce and the three
Rotary Clubs.
State Sen. Tim Golden R-08,
and
State Rep. Ellis Black R-174
plus
incoming
State Rep. Dexter Sharper D-177 spoke
(Reps. Amy Carter R-175 and Jason Shaw R-176 were not present).
But they didn’t answer any questions.
The organizers didn’t even
take questions on cards from the 75 or so people in the room.
It’s nice they’re going around to all the organizations and talking to them,
but it might be more helpful if they listened to the concerns of their
constituents all at once.
Lowndes County Commissioners Joyce Evans and Richard Raines were there,
but they did not speak,
and none of the state legislative delegation said anything
about Moody Air Force Base encroachment,
unlike
Houston County where their state rep. helped organize
“$7.5 million to
help resolve the encroachment issue affecting Robins Air Force Base.”
Ron Borders
on behalf of the Chamber’s
Governmental Affairs Council (GAC) did
invite people to a
Members to the Heard session
Monday 7 January 2012 at Valdosta City Hall Annex Multi-Purpose Room.
Waiting a month to provide feedback to legislators through the Chamber
does seem a tad indirect.
Overall, it would be nice if the legislators would at least actually listen to
(even if they don’t want to answer) questions and concerns from citizens without
those citizens having go go through some filtering system (ie chamber legislative affairs
or county commissioner).
With a room full of 75 or more people, wouldn’t it be refreshing for
elected officials to say “We can’t necessarily answer all your questions
today, but we would like to know what they are. Please come to the
microphone and ask your question or state your concern”.
Citizens Wishing to be Heard in the County Commission meetings
is not really the same as having a session dedicated to listening to citizens’ concerns.
The Chamber’s pre-announcment of this meeting said:
The Chamber’s Government Affairs Council will present its top business issues to elected officials.
Yet though the GAC the previous day in a contentious meeting voted to oppose encroachment on Moody Air Force Base, he said not a word about that at the Legislative Luncheon.
In his keynote,
Sen. Tim Golden said
Continue reading
Vote No on Amendment 1 —LAKE WALB Ad
The
WCTV news report
didn’t mention something else LAKE has done about
the Tim Golden use of a LAKE video without the required attribution:
LAKE paid for
a TV ad on the same WALB market as Golden’s ad.
That
LAKE ad
is still playing today: watch the news and football on WALB
in Valdosta and Hahira.
Bikram Mohanty is a man of integrity running for Georgia state Senate.
The incumbent Tim Golden’s attack ad misuses a video I took of Bikram Mohanty, without the credit its YouTube license requires.
Tim Golden voted to put on the ballot an amendment that could siphon off your local tax dollars for charter schools, even if your school board doesn’t want them.
Vote for integrity; vote for Bikram Mohanty for Georgia state Senate,
and vote No for Amendment 1.
This WALB ad, like the WCTV news interview, is another rare instance of the LAKE politburo deciding LAKE would go on record as an organization, so I was speaking for LAKE.
TL;DR: If you want to use LAKE materials, cite the source.
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Tim Golden campaign admits using LAKE video without attribution —WCTV
WCTV got Tim Golden’s campaign on record admitting it used a LAKE video
without attribution.
Golden’s spokesperson claimed (erroneously) that they didn’t need to
cite the source.
As you can see below, that’s not what the license says.
Greg Gullberg wrote for WCTV last night, Valdosta Man Takes Legal Action Against GA Senator Over Use Of Video,
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A videographer in Valdosta is taking legal action against Georgia District 8 State Senator Tim Golden.
John Quarterman says video he shot was used in an “Attack Ad” against Senate candidate Bikram Mohanty without his permission.
“A video posted on Youtube that clearly says that attribution is required. And there’s no attribution, no sources sighted, and he didn’t ask permission. That’s mis-use of our material,” Quarterman said.