Sam Allen of Friends of Valdosta City Schools (FVCS) tells us
what CUEE didn’t.
“You can read the billboards, you can look at the pretty brochures,
but that’s all your going to get.”
So what haven’t we been told?
Category Archives: Law
Private prison operations have been rife with abuse —WV Council of Churches
Another Sunday, another church group against private prisons;
this time, a group of churches.
Dan Heyman wrote 12 January 2010 for Public News Service – WV,
Churches: No Private Prison For Immigrants In WV,
CHARLESTON, WV – West Virginia’s largest church group has asked
U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation
to oppose funding a private prison for undocumented immigrants in
Pendleton County near the Virginia border.
The Council of Churches is
one of several groups discussing immigration reform ahead of expected
congressional action on the issue. The Council has asked federal
lawmakers’ help in the effort, arguing private prison operations have
been rife with abuse. GSI Professional Corrections is seeking county
commission approval to build the detention center near Sugar Grove to
house 1,000 nonviolent immigrant detainees awaiting possible deportation.Rev. Dennis Sparks, the Council’s executive director, complains private
prisons operate outside the mainstream legal
Many of the veterinarians do not want anything to do with the shelter —Susan Leavens
Received yesterday as the most recent of many comments on
Let the Humane Society train animal control officers. -jsq
I know many of the veterinarians do not want anything to do with the
shelter; for whatever reason. Whoever with the number of feral cats that
come to the shelter each day… the vet would have to come several times
a day just for them; they have no way to house feral cats. And no place
to hold them for long periods (not even hours at that rate), during
puppy an kitten season, sometimes 30 or more cats a day are euthanized.I know the Humane Society offered both sheriffs
Let the Humane Society train animal control officers —John Gates @ LCC 26 July 2011
John Gates, director at the Humane Society of Lowndes County,
noted that county law enforcement doesn’t seem to know much
about animal laws and regulations, in addition to the problems at the
shelter.
This part caused Joe Pritchard’s head to jerk back:
I think our animals in the community deserves the same rights
as my children, myself, or your animals.
If your animal is in the shelter, it should receive the same
courtesy that you would give it at home.
Chairman Paulk clarified:
If you did certify the ACOs,
they’d still have to be attached to an agency, which means they’d
have to be attached to the Sheriff’s office.
I think it’s interesting that he’s listening to the idea.
Here’s
the video:
Legal definition of animal cruelty in Georgia —Susan Leavens
Received 27 July on
Shouldn’t the people running the facilities … be held accountable? -jsq
I guess this answered my question,
What is the legal definition of animal cruelty in Georgia?-Susan Leavens
She quoted the whole thing, which is quite long.
I found this passage particularly interesting. -jsq
Local law enforcement (municipal or county police department or county sheriff’s department) enforces the criminal provisions of Cruelty to Animals, O.C.G.A. §16-12-4.
The next comment contained the clarification below. -jsq
In accordance with the law —Susan Leavens
Received today on
When officials act like they are hiding something, they usually are.
-jsq
“You won’t receive an open-records request if you answer questions
honestly and in accordance with the law.” What an honest statement;
perhaps some of this too.GEORGIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE IX. COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
SECTION II. HOME RULE FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
(c) The power granted to counties in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above
shall not be construed to extend to the following matters or any other
matters which the General Assembly by general law has preempted or may
hereafter preempt, but such matters shall be the subject of general law
or the subject of local acts of the General Assembly to the extent that
the enactment of such local acts is otherwise permitted under this
Constitution:(1) Action affecting any elective county office, the salaries
thereof, or the personnel thereof, except the personnel subject to
the jurisdiction of the county governing authority.(2) Action affecting the composition, form, procedure for election or
appointment, compensation, and expenses and allowances in the nature
of compensation of the county governing authority.(3) Action defining any criminal offense or providing for criminal punishment.
Subjects such as CUEE don’t seem to elicit the same due diligence —Barbara Stratton
Received today on
When officials act like they are hiding something, they usually are. -jsq
I commend the VDT for its persistence in pursuing requests for information
on many subjects. However, as John mentioned some subjects such as CUEE
don’t seem to elicit the same due diligence in pursuing true facts. The
VDT continues to support CUEE agendas even though it has been well
established that the CUEE committee did not follow true priority of law
when it ignored the
1983 GA constitutional law requiring all involved
systems in a consolidation action be allowed to vote. CUEE still persists
in following a 1926 statute that says only city voters are allowed to vote
& the VDT continues to support their efforts. It seems to me a failure to
acurately report all facts exists for both the CUEE committee members &
the VDT staff.
Since a costly voter referendum action has been activated
& supported by both entities in spite of & in the face of priority of
law objections it is my opinion a crime or crimes have been perpetuated
upon the citizens of Lowndes Co. & a Grand Jury investigation should be
convened to address these criminal actions.-Barbara Stratton
There is no question how the Law reads —Susan Leavens
Received Monday as a response to
Euthanization Violations at the Lowndes County Animal Shelter. -jsq
There is no question how the Law reads; the only question is who indicated
there no wrong doing? And they were questioning my character? I
question those people who indicated I had a bios opinion to read the
laws of Georgia. I am aware you can mirror laws and even add to them
in county ordinances but you cannot take away from the law in anyway.From the
United States Department of Agriculture Web Site on Euthanasiahttp://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=AZ_INDEX
Under
Guidelines for EuthanasiaWhen
performing euthanasia
in a shelter
Euthanization Violations at the Lowndes County Animal Shelter —Judy Haverkamp @ LCC 26 July 2011
Lots of “don’t know the results of that” for drug testing,
administrative review board, etc.
Why don’t we know the results of those things?
Judy Haverkamp talked about what she’d discovered through open records requests.
“It seems like there’s been the same violations still occuring at the shelter
even up to this year,
and it doesn’t seem like anyone is
trying to make an effort to correct these problems!”
She repeatedly cited Georgia code sections that had been violated.
This pretty much sums it up:
“Why would you not do the proper thing to make this process as painless
as possible?”
Indeed, why not?
-jsq
Here’s
the video:
Authorities are looking into employee complaints at a local animal shelter. —WCTV
Gabrielle Sarann wrote for WCTV 27 July 2011,
Deputies Review Employee Complaints at Animal Shelter
“Authorities are looking into employee complaints at a local animal shelter.”
And that’s all she wrote.
Really.
Follow the link.
There’s only that one sentence.
-jsq