The invocation didn’t match what the Commission did
at

the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 10 September 2013,
or at many another session, for that matter.

The invocation included this:

…we can gather here and not have to face the fear arrest or threat.
That we can express our opinions openly.

I guess Minister Commissioner John Page hasn’t heard of

Ashley Paulk’s Greatest Hits
which include

a not-so-veiled threat of arrest right there in that
same chamber

“I was the sheriff sixteen years; I locked up some of my best
friends; that’s the way I operate.”

and

another one

“If I don’t get those cameras back and the gratuity I’m going
to pursue it through the Sheriff’s office.”

Maybe Minister Page has forgotten about

current Chairman Bill Slaughter making up a rule
to stop people expressing their opinions only a few months ago.
Later in the same meeting Page prayed over this time, the Chairman
changed the order of the agenda
and
yet again violated the Commission’s own ordinance.
That’s the Lowndes County Commission’s idea of “decently and in order”.

Here’s

the video:

Decently and in order? Prayers don’t match Commission behavior

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 September 2013.

-jsq