Here are videos of
swearing in the new Commissioners,
Commissioners, Mark Wisenbaker (District 3) and Scott Orenstein (District 2),
and also the re-elected Commissioner, Demarcus Marshall (District 4),
by
Senior Superior Court Judge, H. Arthur McLane, at 10 AM this morning,
19 December 2014. Continue reading
Category Archives: Elections
Special Election, Budget, Meters, and Rezoning @ Lake Park 2014-12-02
They called
a special election to fill the unexpired term
of Sandy Sherrill, who had resigned unexpectedly,
plus
a referendum for Sunday off-premisses liquor sales,
at the Lake Park City City Council Regular Session of 2 December 2014.
They amended the
2014 budget
and adopted a
2015 budget.
More than half an hour on a presentation about
water meters.
Professional therapy, including massage therapy, at the location
being rezoned for Keith Sandlin in
rezoning
LP-2014-10-20.
The
Planning Commission 24 November 2014,
previously unanimously recommended approval.
The Lake Park City Council voted 2 for 1 against, so it passed.
And they had direct reports by
Police,
Fire/Rescure,
and
Maintenance,
since they don’t have a city manager.
They appointed an additional member to the
cemetery committee.
They discussed
executive sessions being each time a choice
and participants in executive sessions not being bound to secrecy,
the real test being not violating the public trust.
Here’s the agenda, and below are the videos, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Board of Elections @ Elections 2014-12-09
They usually have Citizens Wishing To Be Heard first and they let citizens converse with them during the rest of the meeting. They meet 4:30 PM Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at the Lowndes County Elections office, 2808 N Oak St., Valdosta, GA 31602. There’s no posted agenda that I can find, and no posted list of board members. I’ve sent them an inquiry.
Agenda PDF and inline below. -jsq
Lowndes County Elections
Deb Cox
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONSMadlyn Hightower
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF
ELECTIONSLOWNDES COUNTY ELECTIONS
LEGAL NOTICE Continue reading
Videos: Candidates in Lake Park @ LPCoC 2014-10-16
Sitting at a table, the local candidates laid out their positions
in Lake Park.
See also
LAKE videos of the previous candidate forum in Valdosta. Continue reading
Videos: Valdosta Chamber Candidate Forum @ VLCoC 2014-10-07
Here are LAKE videos of
the candidates forum at the Rainwater Conference Center
organized by the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce.
In the one remaining County Commission race, for District 3,
Tom Hochschild made opposition to the Sabal Trail pipeline
a platform plank,
while
Mark Wisenbaker mentioned his opposition to
the county’s lawsuit against local business Deep South Sanitation (DSS).
We know Hochschild is opposed to that lawsuit and Wisenbaker is
opposed to that pipeline, so we may get some change on the County Commission
in January.
Cary Scarborough of DSS was at this forum, as were many pipeline opponents.
Bikram Mohanty wins special mention for best use of the
VSU students Hochschild brought.
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
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)
Lula Smart acquitted on all counts: Quitman 10 vindicated
Lula Smart cleared by a jury in third trial.
Third strike by the prosecutors: they’re out!
Will they stop wasting our taxpayer dollars now?
Katheryn Hayes Tucker, Daily Report, 17 September 2014, Acquittal in Trial Over Absentee Ballots,
Lula Mary Smart was acquitted on 19 felony charges of voting irregularities Wednesday following a month-long trial in Brooks County Superior Court in South Georgia.
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Sunday voting in Lowndes County: second county in Georgia to authorize
Despite some confusion in the WALB story,
the Lowndes County Board of Elections really is the second in the state to authorize Sunday voting, after a request from the Lowndes County Democratic Committee.
Dave Miller wrote for WALB 10 September 2014, Sunday voting OK’ed for Lowndes,
The Lowndes County Board of Elections announced Wednesday that Lowndes County will be the second county in Georgia to implement Sunday Voting.
Lowndes County Commissioners approved the proposal Tuesday. DeKalb County is the only other county in the state that currently allows Sunday voting.
I was at the Lowndes County Commission meeting Tuesday, and I never heard them mention this. So I called Lowndes County Election Supervisor Deb Cox and Continue reading
