RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, business consultant and president of JobBait.com Mark Hovind ranked every metropolitan statistical area across the country, highlighting those he deemed to be “recession-proof.” The city of Valdosta was the only Georgia city to make the list.
Carolyn Selby reminds the Lowndes County Commission at their regular meeting on 9 February 2010 that residents
asked the Commission to redesign Quarterman Road for slower traffic.
“You did throw us a bone by limiting the speed limit at 35 miles per hour.
But it’s not enforceable
We asked you to put in speed humps….
Nope. Couldn’t do that.
You designed a mile and a half straight-away, and they have come.
Welcome to the Quarterman Road Drag Strip!
She took pictures.
She called 911, and they caught one of the dragsters.
Neighborhood Watch in action.
The Commission responds by looking at County Engineer Mike Fletcher:
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Sea Island Co. had
a reputation for immunity to economic whims while over-borrowing and over-expansion?
Hm, they’re not the only ones.
As recently as 28 April 2008 the VDT published a story
“Analyst: Valdosta ‘recession-proof'”:
