Please help us identify this speaker.
Here’s the video:
Think of our future @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Her church is close to the proposed biomass plant site.
Many children go to school near there, too.
She said she could feel that some of the council wanted to jump up and say something.
Here’s the video:
Children –Keisha Ferguson for Angela Manning’s church @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Here’s Brad Lofton’s explanation of the private prison. Here are statements on private prisons by three Christian denominations. And the state of Israel has outlawed private prisons. More information about CCA and private prisons here.Valdosta NAACP branch voted last night to oppose the private prison approved by VLCIA. We don’t need more prisons, and they do not improve economic standards in any community in which they have been located. There is a safety burden upon the community, there are human rights abuses, and the focus should be on saving the state money by rehabilitation of non-violent offenders rather than mass incarceration. When America has 5% of the world’s population but incarcerates 25% of the world’s prisoners, this is unacceptable. In North Carolina, private prisons have put local furniture manufacturers out of business because they cannot compete with the prison’s slave labor. These are not sustainable and it’s no mystery why most of the large Christian denominations in America oppose them.
-Leigh Touchton
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I think it helps make the point if you need to first listen to the City Manager’s Report before you hear what happened at the end of this video.
Second night of classes [for something] is this coming Monday.
Police Department review April 16-19 including a public hearing April 18th 6PM at the City Hall Annex.
Electronic recycling was very successful.
Composting program “very unique”: they give it away free three days a week; bring your own truck.
Matt Martin promoted from interim planning director to full time.
City’s table is #17 at the event tonight [100 Black Men annual dinner].
Employee appreciation luncheon Thursday April 21 at [?] Park.
Next meeting one council member will serve on committee about comprehensive plan.
Dr. Serran-Pagan suggests
we have a conversation among all types of people and do the math.
Let’s put the money where it will produce jobs.
Solar, wind, why haven’t we been doing it?
Real clean renewable sources of energy.
He brings up the water the biomass plant would use.
Water is precious. Air is precious. Oil, coal, is not precious. Biomass is not precious. We have plenty of good clean, renewable sources of energy. Let’s do that…. and get rid of old models, and let’s try to do what is right for community, for our economy, and for public interest.
Here’s the video:
Conversation for jobs —Cristobal Serran-Pagan @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Can someone supply this speaker’s name?
Here’s the video:
Allergies and biomass –Geraldine (?) @ VCC 19 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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Stonewalling is a good way to get your Industrial Authority
on the front page
of the local newspaper (again).
Here’s video of what Bobbi Anne Hancock said to the board about their minutes (and other things).
First, here’s is VDT reporter David Rodock’s excerpt of what she said last night:
Continue readingBobbi Anne Hancock, the woman who made an Open Records request with the Authority for meeting minutes from 2006 to the present day, spoke to board members during the citizens to be heard portion of the meeting.
“The majority of your costs for the request are for the five hours
The protesters are revolting these days!
Is there nothing an Industrial Authority can do to keep them off its doorstep?
Where are these people protesting? Could it be outside the Industrial Authority?
Protesters @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Part 1 of 4:
Biomass protesters,
Regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Acting Executive Director, 19 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman
for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Why that sign says Continue reading
Dan Davis thanks Valdosta City staff for timely clean up after recent storm.
This plus there were two scheduled items related to storm and flood damage.
Maybe we need better
planning to reduce sprawl and the resulting flooding.
Here’s the video:
Thanks for clean up after recent storm —Dan Davis @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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He was a metallurgical engineer
(he spelled that for them)
in Pittsburgh.
People there were glad of the jobs, but the air is bad now.
He said that air quality is important, and biomass is a detriment to the community.
He reminds the council that they were elected to become involved.
Here’s the video:
Barry Hyatt @ VCC 7 April 2011
Regular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
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