Category Archives: Law

Videos: No you cannot speak @ LCC 2014-04-22



Two citizens from Hahira couldn’t speak in Citizens Wishing
to Be Heard, but the Chairman
would go into the private board room out of camera range afterwards
to speak to them.
The Chairman did

describe a statement about the Sabal Trail pipeline.

Veterinarian Amanda Hall didn’t appear but was appointed to the

Dangerous Dog Board.
They objected to the

Hahira annexation request.
They approved
a

bid for an mobile emergency bypass pump on a trailer,
a

computer lease purchase agreement,
and
two

Juvenile Justice grant application items, for

Continuation
and for

Enhancement (more about that).
And all four remaining voting Commissioners showed up.

Here’s

the agenda, with links to the videos and a few notes.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Videos: Dangerous Dog Board, Juvenile Justice, a pump, Hahira Annexation, and weather @ LCC 2014-04-21



Local veterinarian Amanda Hall for the

Dangerous Dog Board,
a very long weather report,
another

Hahira annexation request,
a

bid for an emergency bypass pump (water well? wastewater force main? other?),
two

Juvenile Justice grant application items, for

Continuation
and for

Enhancement (more about that).
Oh, and all four remaining voting Commissioners showed up,
unlike either the Work Session or Regular Session two weeks ago.

Here’s

the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Dangerous Dog Board, Juvenile Justice, a pump, and Hahira Annexation @ LCC 2014-04-21

Another

Hahira annexation request (on the agenda this time),
a

bid for an emergency bypass pump (water well? wastewater force main? other?),
two



Juvenile Justice grant application items, for

Continuation
and for

Enhancement (more about that), and
I didn’t know we had a

Dangerous Dog Board.
All I can find is

some related Georgia laws.

Here’s

the agenda.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

PROPOSED AGENDA

WORK SESSION, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2014, 5:30 p.m.

327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor

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Second mistrial of Lula Smart of the Quitman 10 + 2



How many mistrials does it take before the whole Quitman 10 +2
case gets thrown out of court?
Two and counting, as of Friday.

George Boston Rhynes interviewed Brooks County Commissioner James Maxwell
outside the courthouse in Quitman on a rainy day:

Mistrial!
Another mistrial.

And the prosecutor wants to schedule another trial.
George asked the Commissioner how much another trial would cost Brooks County.

It will cost quit a bit of money.
We could use that money on a day like today
to repair roads.
People can’t get in and out and here we are wasting the
taxpayers on another mistrial.

No evidence!
No evidence!
And another mistrial.

Here’s

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The Quitman 10 retrial prosecution reads this blog



George Boston Rhynes is reporting the retrial of Lula Smart
of the Quitman 10+2
in Brooks County, Georgia, and its serious issues of voting rights,
justice, and education;
his first three videos are linked in below.
First an amusing observation from yesterday, posted here with permission.

I am lounging outside the Brooks County Courthouse and this is just
what I was thinking. We have been here since 8 AM and jury selection
is ongoing. To actually eyeball perceived enemies is an humbling
experience. How pitiful you have to be to live your life consumed
with hatred, venom, bigotry, and a multitude of demonic spirits!
Anyway, the greatest take away from day one of the Lula Smart
retrial aka the Quitman 10 + 2 is the prosecuting attorney’s
question to potential jurors: “have you read or talked to or
followed a blog called “On the Lake Front?” Hilarious for those of
us who knows what that means!! This kind of evil does kill, but I
refuse to allow it to rob me of my joy! Blessed nite. Nite!

-Fannie MJ Gibbs

I’ve always said we had a reader.
I just didn’t know it was the Quitman 10+2 prosecution.

Here are George’s first three videos:

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On the behalf of the Commission and Citizens of Lowndes County –Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter to FERC about the Sabal Trail methane pipeline



These are the fourteen items he promised

two weeks ago at the SpectraBusters panel at VSU:

Sabal Trail will be expected to adhere and honor all Lowndes County Ordinances –Bill E Slaughter, JR to FERC, 10 April 2014.
I thank Chairman Slaughter for making that statement to FERC.

Despite his apparent refusal to speak on behalf of all the citizens
of the county

after the 24 February 2014 Commission meeting,
he did actually say his ecomment to FERC was
“on the behalf of the Commission and Citizens of Lowndes County”,
and that he expects Sabal Trail to follow all Lowndes County ordinances,
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Videos of Day 1 @ LCC-Budget 2014-03-10



It’s a good thing the county held these first-ever (as far as I know)
comprehensive budget sessions.
Here are videos of the first day.
Most of the departments are asking for more money,
due to increased population and increased demand for services
during a period of economic downturn.
Something needs to be done, and these sessions are one step in
getting to doing something.

Here’s

the agenda.

Sheriff Prine @ LCC-Budget 2014-03-10



Lowndes County Sheriff Prine
talked about
Administration,
the
Jail,
the
Commissary,
and
Enforcement
at the
first day of Budget Presentations to the Lowndes County
Commission, 10 March 2014.
Like most other county-funded departments, he asked for more personnel.
The long squeeze of the economic downturn needs to be addressed somehow.
These videos show how the Sheriff proposes to address them.

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Can we get pipeline update and citizen input? –Carolyn Singletary @ LCC 2014-03-11



A directly affected landowner wanted to know what happened
with the talks

among several local county attorneys about the
proposed Sabal Trail pipeline, and was there any way citizens
could provide input,
at the

11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

Here’s

the video:



Can we get pipeline update and citizen input? –Carolyn Singletary

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.

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There are things you can do about the Sabal Trail Pipeline –Mario Bartoletti @ LCC 2014-03-11



Apparently the community believes the Commission thinks

there’s nothing they can do,
but Mario Bartoletti, speaking for himself and for

WACE,
said he thought there were things the Commission could do
about that 36-inch methane pipeline, and he listed some things,
at the

11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.

Here’s

the video:



There are things you can do about the Sabal Trail Pipeline –Mario Bartoletti

Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.

His list included:

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