Sunshine for local government


We’ve got a little list, a spreadsheet as a list,

please don’t take this as a diss, we think they have been missed….



Unlike Ko-Ko’s in the Mikado,

this list
is of things previously
missed that are slowly being found (or created),
so local governments can tell the citizens what fine things they’ve
been up to, and so citizens can decide what they need to deal with
and what topics they can provide input on.
Here’s the

LAKE sunshine list for local government
.

The Lowndes County Commission just got some additions,
with
its new website,
by

posting videos of its own meetings
,
and by

posting agendas and minutes for the Planning Commission
.

The Valdosta City Council does pretty well, with its website,
its agendas and minutes,
and
the

agendas and summaries and minutes for ZBOA
.
Valdosta does not (yet) video and post its own meetings, but
it does have what appears to be

a complete list of its ordinances with links to their text
.
Dasher also has
its ordinances online
.



Meanwhile the Lowndes County Commission has only

a very brief list online
and

after four years of asking

still doesn’t even know what all its own ordinances are.

Neither Lowndes nor Valdosta have a list of their resolutions online.

Both

Lowndes
and

Valdosta
have passed resolutions against the
Sabal Trail pipeline, but neither have passed an ordinance yet.



Most of the local elected governments have their own websites,
except Hahira, which still

only has an old one
that doesn’t
even show the correct mayor or council members.

Obviously not all the 20+ appointed boards are on there yet; it’s a work in progress.
Probably you’ll think of more organizations, or more items that have been missed.
If so:


We may put ’em on the list, more can go right on the list,

If you think they have been missed; we think they have been missed!

-jsq

PS: Apologies to Eric Idle and Gilbert and Sullivan.

-jsq