Category Archives: Elections

Jason Carter to headline LCDP BBQ 1 July 2014



Candidate for Governor of Georgia Jason Carter headlines
the program for the annual Lowndes County Democratric Party Barbecue Tuesday.

LCDP wrote yesterday,

Georgia: Back on Track –LCDP BBQ 1 July 2014,

Other candidates speaking include
Democrats

Daniel Blackman for GA PSC,

Valerie Wilson for State School Superintendent
(runoff),
Bikram Mohanty for Georgia State Senate District 8,

Dexter Sharper for Georgia House District 177,
and

Demarcus Marshall for Lowndes County Commission District 4.
Plus
G. Norman Bennett
and Clay Griner
in the
nonpartisan special election runoff
for Lowndes County Commission District 5.
All statewide and local candidates are still invited.

When: 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

Where: Mathis Municipal Auditorium

2300 North Ashley Street

Valdosta, Georgia

Price: $25.00

PROGRAM

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More precinct consolidation by Board of Elections 2014-07-22

Again

like every year, more precinct consolidation.
Why?

Public notice via the VDT,

The Lowndes County Board of Elections will hold a Special Called Meeting on 8 July 2014,



The Lowndes County Board of Elections will hold a Special Called
Meeting on 8 July 2014, at 5:30 p.m., and a regularly scheduled
meeting on Tuesday, 22 July 2014 at 9 a.m., to discuss precinct
consolidation. The public is invited to attend.

The meeting will be held at the Lowndes County Board of Elections
office at 2808 N Oak St., Valdosta, GA 31602.

For more information call Continue reading →

Nimble –Videos of Gretchen at VSU @ YR 2014-05-15

Elected officials need to adapt to new information and new circumstances,
while all working together.


Here are videos of Gretchen saying she will be nimble if elected,
at VSU last Tuesday
at an event

organized by the South Georgia Young Republicans and others.
Remember, this Special Election is tomorrow, Tuesday May 20th,
because the seat is vacant.
The winner will take office immediately upon certification of the
election results.
LAKE supports
Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes County Commission District 5, with her calling for financial stewardship and community transparency for economic development.

Here’s

a video playlist,
followed by links to the individual videos with transcriptions.

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School Board Candidates at VSU @ YR 2014-05-15



Here are videos of the school board candidates from

the “debate” of last Tuesday at VSU.
Remember, this school board election will be decided tomorrow, Tuesday May 20th, unless there’s a runoff for some seat,
so tomorrow is the day to vote.

This is everything they said at VSU, except some of the answers to the first question,
since I was late from the Lowndes County Commission meeting; sorry about that.

District 1: the incumbent, Mike Davis, spoke,
and challenger Bobby Watford was absent.

District 2: the incumbent Fred Wetherington, has chosen not to run.
All three candidates for this open seat spoke:
Eric Johnson, Tara Parker, and Mark Barber.


And here are videos when all three of the District 2 candidates also spoke:

District 3: the incumbent, Brian Browning, is running unopposed,
and did not speak at VSU.

Here’s

a video playlist of the school board candidates at VSU,
followed by links to each of the videos.
As usual, anyone may use these videos, provided they cite the source,
Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).

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Precincts changed yet again for May 2014 Special Election and Primary



Where can you vote on Tuesday May 20th,
Election Day for the Special Election for Lowndes County
Commission District 5, for the Lowndes County Board of Education,
for the elections for judges, and for the primaries for the Georgia
statehouse, statewide offices, and U.S. Congress?
Yes, precincts have changed yet again,
but you can find your polling place in

My Voter Page by the Georgia Secretary of State.
Or you can zoom and pan on the

VALOR GIS Election Boundary Map.

Whichever way you find your polling place,
it’s time to get out and vote.
If we don’t, why should Atlanta pay any attention to us poor rural
stepchildren?

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Local elections affect you most: time to vote



It’s time to vote,
today and tomorrow in early voting at
the Board of Elections, 2808 North Oak Street, Valdosta, or
Tuesday May 20th at
your polling place.
Turnout is very low for elections that will affect everyone in Lowndes
County and beyond.

Two of the Lowndes County Commission districts will be decided
May 20th (District 5 is a Special Election and District 2
has only candidates in one party): they will affect your
water, sewer, trash, rezoning, road building, and taxes.
All the Lowndes County School Board elections Continue reading →

Primary candidate debate 6PM tonight at VSU



Hear from the people who want to represent you in the Lowndes County Commission,
on the Lowndes County School Board, and in the Georgia State Senate.
Here’s
who’s running,
and details of tonight’s event are below.

When: 6-8PM Tuesday May 13th 2014

Where: Room 1011

Bailey Science Center Auditorium,

1500 N. Patterson Street,

Valdosta State University

Moderator:
Scott James of 92.1FM talk radio

Parking: Gravel lots off of Georgia Avenue

This debate is organized by the South Georgia Young Republicans,
VSU College Republicans, Lowndes County Republican Party, and the Young Conservatives of America.

CONTACT:

Ben Smith, SGYR President, 229-412-5610, sgyrrocks@gmail.com

-jsq

Brown Bag Lunch Concerts: last day today



Valdosta Main Street has a

Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series
all this week,
last day today.

Downtown Valdosta fills with live music during lunchtime in May for
the week-long Brown Bag Lunch Concert Series. The free concerts take
place from 11:30 a.m. — 1:30 p.m. on the Lowndes County
Courthouse Lawn with lunches being sold by downtown restaurants.
Bring your friends and family to this free community event and
seeing what downtown Valdosta has to offer.

There you’ll also see some of your favorite candidates for local political office. Continue reading →

VSU up there with Harvard about fossil fuel divestment



VSU is with the big schools, leading the stigmatization of fossil fuel
companies and the exodus from those stranded assets.
Students are leading on that and related issues,
more than our local elected bodies, but there’s an election going on.

Mary Schellentrager posted for PowerShift 29 April 2014,

NATIONAL PHOTO ROUND-UP: BOLD ACTION FOR #BEYONDEARTHDAY: Continue reading →

A newspaper opposes the pipeline: the Spectator



A major big city daily?
A local newspaper of record along the proposed pipeline path?
Nope: the Valdosta State University student newspaper, The Spectator,
has done what its bigger newspaper colleagues have not dared:
oppose the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline and demand renewable
energy instead.
Where students lead, maybe their elders will follow.

Editorial in The Spectator 1 May 2014 (I added the links and images),

Pipeline a risk to Valdosta, Continue reading →