5.a) Consideration of an Ordinance for a referendum to allow citizens of
the City of Valdosta to vote on whether to annul and repeal the special
independent school system so that the City of Valdosta public school
system shall become part of the Lowndes County public school system.
This appears to be a pro-forma vote to put the referendum on the ballot.
But you never know what might happen, especially in council comments
or Citizens to Be Heard.
Maybe FVCS will show up.
After the County Commission meeting today, Chairman Ashley Paulk
and I were chatting and he mentioned that starting at the next meeting
everyone with a camera would be moved to the back of the room.
Last week, the ACLU of Georgia submitted
comments
to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to ask that the agency not renew its
contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for operation of
the McRae Correctional Facility.
McRae is located in Telfair County, Georgia. The prison is owned by CCA,
which purchased it in 2000. McRae currently houses a population of low
security, adult male, primarily non-citizen prisoners. The contract
between CCA and the BOP is set to expire in November 2012.
Why? Lack of medical treatment for prisoners, among other reasons.
For example:
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Snake Nation Decision, Lowndes County Commission, Tonight 5:30PM
Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 August 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2011, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Call to Order
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
Minutes for Approval
Work Session — August 8, 2011
Regular Session — August 9, 2011
For Consideration
Change Order to Snake Nation Road Contract
Assistance to Firefighters Grant
James Road Water Main Repair
Capacity Fee Waiver for Country View Mobile Home Park
SCADA Upgrade
USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge
Declaration of Merchandise as Surplus — Fire Department and Public Works
Approval of TAN and Resolution
Bids
Training Tower for the Fire Department
Asphalt Surfacing at Naylor and Clyattville Parks
Striping and Signage on 29.34 Miles of Roadway
Reports-County Manager
Citizens Wishing to be Heard Please State Name And Address
Pending approval from Judge Stephen Schuster, the first meeting of Cobb
EMC members in nearly three years will convene at 10:15 a.m. Sept. 17.
At that meeting, members will decide two issues: whether to allow voting
by mail-in ballots at future elections, and whether to amend the electric
cooperative’s bylaws to limit director compensation to a daily rate
while also prohibiting future directors from being paid retirement
benefits. Previously vested benefits would not be affected.
On March 11, a 39-year-old man held in detention at the Stewart Detention
Center, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in
southwest Georgia, died at a hospital in Columbus.
That’s in Lumpkin, west of Americus, south of Columbus.
To this day, the immediate cause of Roberto Martinez Medina’s death
remains unclear (a press release pronounced the cause of death as
“apparent natural causes”).
Last month, Leonard Odom, 37, died at the Wheeler County Correctional
Facility in south-central Georgia.
That’s in Alamo, GA, between Macon, Tifton, and Savannah.
Both facilities are operated by Corrections Corp. of America, which
has a contract with the Department of Homeland Security to operate the
Stewart center and one with the Georgia Department of Corrections to
operate the one in Wheeler County.
Churches and pastors need to view this video and see about these
animals. That is since we read so much
information about the Animal
Shelter in our area about abused animals. What about these animals
and the thirty deaths that no elected official, church, human being or
orgnzations seem to care about.
Did you know that Valdosta-Lowndes County Jail is leading the State
of Georgia in Jail Deaths for whatever reason. Yet, no one is talking
about these people many of whom are military veterans that served their
nation. So where is the humanity to man?
Some of the other projects may also be boondoggles for all I know,
but at least all the ones to widen roads right to the north edge
of the county and thus drive development all the way into
agricultural and forest areas are gone.
Here’s the list:
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What are some ideas for economic and cultural growth that don’t require huge population growth? Richard Florida has many ideas for large and mid-sized population areas in the article discussed below. Who’s the Richard Florida for places the size of Lowndes County?
5.a) Consideration of an Ordinance for a referendum to allow citizens of the City of Valdosta to vote on whether to annul and repeal the special independent school system so that the City of Valdosta public school system shall become part of the Lowndes County public school system.
After the County Commission meeting today, Chairman Ashley Paulk
and I were chatting and he mentioned that starting at the next meeting
everyone with a camera would be moved to the back of the room.
