The deputy is
on camera refusing to identify himself as he holds her down.
The best he’d do was “You’ll see it on the warrant”.
Background here, including a candidate laughing as she cries “Help!”
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Category Archives: Transparency
Quitman 10+2 third trial
“Thank you for not plea bargaining” said George Boston Rhynes
starting his series of videos on the ongoing third trial of
Lula Smart of the Quitman 10+2.
No newspapers, radio, or TV reporters at this trial
about voters’ rights.
But George is there.
A presentation and some rubberstamping @ LCC 2014-08-26
Congratulations to Ashley Tye for being
only the third in the state to attain
a certificate as a professional emergency manager.
“I was trying to break a record,” bragged County Chairman Bill Slaughter as several people reminded him not to skip approving the minutes, presumably referring to the previous morning’s three-minute Work Session. After the six-minute presentation, they took less than a minute on each of the remaining items, except they did find time for an Executive Session for Attorney-Client Privilege. Who are they suing this time? Crawford Powell had to remind the Chairman not to skip Citizens Wishing to Be Heard, but “There are none,” said the Chairman, with satisfaction.
This time the contractor had magically finished punchlist for Nottinghill that the previous morning the County Engineer said would take a week, but had not finished the work. What does this rubberstamp punchlist mean, then? They approved the Davidson Road drainage easement quit claim from the county back to the landowner.
Here’s the agenda with links into the videos and a few notes, followed by a video playlist.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Water, events, flea market, religious events @ GLPC 2014-08-25
The
Turner Brooks
rezoning next to Pine Tree Road turns out to be in paved-over
wetlands that previously flooded, only slightly uphill from
notoriously-problematical Sugar Creek.
GLPC recommended tabling until Historic Preservation could look
at one of the houses, but these water issues could be
at least as important, and Valdosta City Council could decide
to approve anyway without waiting.
Also in Valdosta an accessory building, an event center and flea market, and an office park. In Lake Park an ordinance text change about religious meetings in commercial districts. In the county, a request to remove some existing zoning restrictions and the county wants to approve all its recent ULDC changes.
And they only submitted one name for the County Commission to consider for appointment to GLPC.
Here’s the agenda followed by links to the videos as events occurred in the meeting.
Greater Lowndes Planning CommissionContinue readingLowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah AvenueMonday, August 25, 2014* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
Turner Brooks: flooding, runoff, Sugar Creek? @ GLPC 2014-08-25
The
Turner Brooks
rezoning next to Pine Tree Road turns out to be in paved-over
wetlands that previously flooded, only slightly uphill from
notoriously-problematical Sugar Creek.
GLPC recommended tabling until Historic Preservation could look
at one of the houses, but these water issues could be
at least as important, and Valdosta City Council could decide
to approve anyway without waiting.
People were six deep in the foyer Monday night Continue reading
Nydia Tisdale’s offense: she sat in the front row
Landowner Johnny Burt’s excuse for having Nydia Tisdale ejected
from an event advertised as a public campaign rally:
“She promptly sat down on the front row on the end where she would be right in their face and was making everybody uncomfortable.”
Shades of Ashley Paulk’s excuse for wanting that illegal bill of attainder Continue reading
Nydia Tisdale forcibly ejected from Republican rally in Dawsonville
State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens reportedly asked Nydia Tisdale “I don’t know why you’re videotaping” and was recorded moments later laughing as
she yelled for help while a deputy
forcibly ejected her from a political rally
in front of Governor Nathan Deal and U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue.
Jim Galloway and Greg Bluestein wrote for the AJC yesterday, Videographer ousted from GOP event, and Sam Olens speaks up, that Attorney General Sam Olens was the only speaker at that rally to mention the incident later: Continue reading
SRO against Pine Tree subdivision @ GLPC 2014-08-25
Stuck in the foyer six deep because SRO in the Planning Commission tonight,
mostly for the
Turner Brooks
item, back with another plan after being
withdrawn last month.
Tom Call, representing some of the owners of the property sellers,
said they’d tried to meet with the neighbors, who refused.
He didn’t say whether they tried meeting with them one-on-one.
GLPC could have put a bunch of conditions
on it that would have mostly satisfied the neighbors’ concerns,
leaving the developers and sellers to decide whether it was worth it.
Instead, they tabled.
The Valdosta City Council can still decide if they want to.
However, one of the houses they’d have to demolish is potentially
on the National Historic Register, and if so, they can’t tear it down.
Also, they only submitted one name for the County Commission to consider for appointment to GLPC; attorney Brad Folsom. They didn’t include several potential women applicants, several of them attorneys, and yes, also Gretchen. As an old white man, even I find it impressive how much this area is run by old white men.
The agenda arrived only as images Gretchen took at the meeting. Videos to come. Continue reading
Three minutes, three items @ LCC 2014-08-25
The contractor
hasn’t finished the punchlist for Nottinghill
but the County Engineer wants the Commission to accept that infrastucture anyway.
The
Davidson Road drainage easement quit claim is from the county back to the landowner.
The
third item must be for tomorrow evening.
Three minutes total for
only
two items from the agenda,
but that’s probably a record.
Normally we post videos of each item separately, but this time, why bother?
They vote Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM.
Here’s the video, followed by the agenda with a few notes, and links to the individual items inside the one video.
Three minutes, three items
Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 August 2014.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Videos: Construction appointed, Family Dollar bermed @ LCC 2014-08-12
They appointed
the Chairman’s personal pick to the Construction Board of Appeals.
The
Nelson Hill unknown tinkerings to the code were finally withdrawn.
In the unedited video you can see the few speakers the Chairman allowed
to speak about
the Roger Budd and Leninco Francis Lake rezoning for Family Dollar,
and that there was actually some rationale for why the approved the rezoning.
Thanks to Toma Hawk for this video of both the Work Session and the Regular Session.
Here’s the agenda with a few notes.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor