Frenchie points out that there are other biomass plants
in the county, and
he even helped set one of them up.
He wonders if biomass opponents know that.
(Yes, VLCIA has mentioned it enough times.)
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I thank County Clerk Paige Dukes for making the text of the new
Policies and Procedures
available, and refer it to as as sterling example of local
government transparency.
Then I remark that I can’t be quite as complimentary about
their content, which is in some parts too vague and in others too strict.
I offer to provide written comments.
And in my personal opinion local government should not suppress
but rather celebrate citizen participation!
Since at least one commissioner did ask for them, I sent them the written comments yesterday; they will follow in a separate post.
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A
bit better reception than
he got last time.
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Chairman Paulk reminds us of the Eunice child still missing
and informs us that Joyce Evans’ niece was murdered,
and asks us to keep them in mind.
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Matt Flumerfelt
compliments the commission on the good reception he’s gotten previously
and objects to the item in the
new rules
about the commission being able to close subjects.
He notes there is always resort to the law, but he hopes
things won’t come to that.
He concludes:
“The road of respect goes both ways.”
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You could hear this after
Matt Flumerfelt spoke in the previous post,
but let’s pull it out separately here.
This is Ashley Paulk recommending that people come in and talk
to their commissioners, and he says:
“I’m here every morning.”
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Matt Flumerfelt
compliments the commission on the good reception he’s gotten previously
and objects to the item in the
new rules
about the commission being able to close subjects.
He notes there is always resort to the law, but he hopes
things won’t come to that.
He concludes:
“The road of respect goes both ways.”
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Gretchen Quarterman applauds Chairman Paulk for increasing
the transparency of the government in the last few years,
then says:
I’m concerned that a barrier to dialog is getting higher, rather than lower. When the citizens make the effort to come to a meeting after a long day of work, or maybe they come in the morning when they don’t actually get to talk, it’s important for them to get a chance to be heard.She describes how the Zoning Board of Appeals (on which she is a county appointee) does it:
When you’re done saying stuff new, then everybody else that has something to say, they just raise their hand.And her main point:
I’d like to sort of suggest that hou have some dialog about this resolution that you just made. Maybe it could be modified so that people could continue to come, rather than three people could come.
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Here is Dr. Richard
speaking before the Valdosta City Council.
He summarized in
a comment on this blog:
as i endeavored to point out at the last city council meeting, our local gov’t officials are making decisions about things of which they have little knowledge. my example: the brain has two types of cells: neurons and glial cells. there are NO white blood cells; thus, the brain has no immune system, relying on the the tiny diameter of the capillaries themselves to keep infectious agents out. this is called the blood-brain barrier. BUT, as dr. sammons pointed out, PARTICULATE MATTER is small enough to make it through the body and into the brain. as dr. bob gannon (dept. head of biology at VSU) told me again the other night, this constitutes a major threat to health in the form of brain cancer.
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