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Videos: Transportation, Water, Safety, and Alcohol @ LCC 2014-09-23


300x255 2100 East Hill Avenue, in GDOT option at Clay, Hollywood, and US 84, by John S. Quarterman, 23 September 2014

Commissioner Demarcus Marshall recused himself
in the Regular Session of 23 September 2014,
for the

Public Safety Radio System System Upgrade
,
in case anybody thought a Motorola VP with the same last name was related. (Update 11:10 AM: added transcription of the three-part motion.)
Rental leases for the

Leila Ellis Social Services Building

got more discussion.
They added

VOCA-funded VWMAP

and

GDOT at Clay and Hollywood
(from the previous morning’s Executive Session), that the Tax Assessor’s database says is owned by the School Board,
to the

amended agenda
.
Everything else,
including

the USGS water level gauge on the Little River
,
was breezed through with no discussion,
so fast the Chairman almost forgot to ask for speakers
in

an alcohol license public hearing
,
and he didn’t bother to mention
before they adjourned that

nobody had signed up for Citizens Wishing to Be Heard
.

Here’s the

amended agenda

with links to the videos and a few notes,
followed by a playlist.
See also the
LAKE videos of the previous morning’s Work Session
and

Board Packet
.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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County Planning Commission arrests citizen for speaking in public hearing

The Payette County, Idaho Planning and Zoning Commission
accused somebody of having previously provided false information
and had her arrested for responding in a public hearing to
a direct accusation by name.


It appears that it was a Commissioner’s information that
was misleading, and the same Commission has a history of not
revealing relevant information even in response to an open records request.
There is video of the Thursday event.
She is still being held in jail, and permitted no outside communication.

Jerry Nelson wrote for Epoch Times 12 October 2014,

Alma Hasse, Idaho Fractivist, Arrested in Public Meeting
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Another Planning Commission appointment, plus abandonment, septic, pump, and VOCA @ LCC 2014-10-13

This morning: another

Planning Commission
appointment with no previous
advertisement that there was an opening,


yet another

road abandonment
,
yet another

water pump replacement
,
a

well and septic rezoning
on Madison Highway,
and a

legal grant
,
on the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor

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Valdosta converting to LED streetlights

Council Tim Carroll says that City Manager Larry Hanson
announced at the City Council meeting Tuesday


that Valdosta will be converting all its streetlights to LEDs.
This conversion is at least partly funded through a pilot program
with

Georgia Power
.
Apparently Georgia Power keeps the savings until they recoup the
expenses.
Valdosta was one of only four or five cities in the state selected
for this program.

More detail when the approved minutes are available in two weeks.

-jsq

Flatlanders Arts & Crafts Show in Lakeland, GA




Flatlanders Arts & Crafts Show

The Flatlanders Arts & Crafts Show features a variety of antiques,
collectibles, food and beverages. It is one of the oldest annual
arts and crafts shows, and is held each Labor Day weekend at the
Threatte Center, just inside the city limits of Lakeland, Georgia.

10AM to 5PM Saturday October 11th

10AM to 4PM Saturday October 12th

The Threattle Center

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Rosalynn Carter at Lowndes County Courthouse, 6PM Thu Oct 9th 2014



Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will here tomorrow, 6PM October 8th 9th,
at the Lowndes County Courthouse, to support her grandson Jason Carter
for Governor of Georgia,

the Lowndes County Democratic Party announced today
.

Incumbent Gov. Nathan Deal’s campaign
took $10,000 from Spectra Energy,
which wants to build the Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline through south Georgia.
Deal’s campaign also accepted contributions from three other pipeline companies,

adding up to at least $21,300
.



Jason Carter’s campaign accepted no dollars ($0) from any of those companies.
And as
his campaign website says
,
State Senator Jason Carter “has twice received Environmental Leadership awards from Georgia Conservation Voters”.

Former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter
visited Valdosta in 2003, when they helped Habitat for Humanity
build a house.
Tomorrow she will be back, this time at the Courthouse.

-jsq

Alapahoochee Antique Tractor Show & Historic Farm Heritage Days


Logo, in Alapahoochee Antique Tractor Show & Historic Farm Heritage Days, by Lake Park Chamber of Commerce, 24 October 2014

That’s a Lake Park postal address, but the street address
is actually in Echols County.
Received from

Lake Park Chamber of Commerce
. yesterday. -jsq


300x490 Flyer, in Alapahoochee Antique Tractor Show & Historic Farm Heritage Days, by Lake Park Chamber of Commerce, 24 October 2014

ALAPAHOOCHEE

HISTORIC FARM / HERITAGE DAYS

DOWN HOME FAMILY REUNION

OCTOBER 1424 – 25, 2014 (FRI/SAT)

9 AM-4 PM

ECHOLS COUNTY, 202 BETHEL CHURCH ROAD.

LAKE PARK. GA 31636

Preserving Echols County & Area Heritage of 1900’s

  • Non-profit
  • NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED
  • Free admission

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No quorum @ ZBOA 2014-10-07

There was an agenda with the



solar parking Doctor Arunas Urbonas
case, and a county case about Design Standards for Single Family Dwellings,
but not enough ZBOA
members were available for a quorum, so today’s meeting is cancelled.
Maybe next month.

-jsq

Meet the Candidates @ VLCoC 2014-10-07

Update 2014-10-21: Fixed year in title, and LAKE videos are posted.

Tuesday is the annual Chamber Meet the Candidates event.
Usually there’s not much chance to ask them questions
and see them answer in front of everybody,
but at least you get to hear them speak.

Oddly the Chamber did not list which candidates will be there,
but

Valdosta CEO did
:


U.S. Representative – District 1

E.L. Buddy Carter (R)

Brian Corwin Reese (D)

State Senate – District 8

C. Ellis Black (R)
Bikram Mohanty (D)

State House – District 174

John Corbett (R)

Jessie Smith (D)

Lowndes County Commission – District 3

Tally Mark Wisenbaker, Jr. (R)

Tom Hochschild (D)


Meet The Candidates 2014
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NYC Schools to use more solar power; how about in sunny southeast?

Solar high schools: not just for

Dublin, Georgia
anymore.

New York City, and Rochester, NY, too!
How about solar Lowndes High School?
Or the new Valdosta High School?
Or since Valdosta has already
put solar at its Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
,
how about on other city buildings?
How about on the county palace?
Or in Hahira, Dasher, Remerton, or Lake Park?

Erin Durkin wrote for New York Daily News 29 September 2014,

24 NYC schools getting solar panels in $28M project — and City Hall could be next
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