Sinkholes, explosions, and other risks to our rivers, lands, and wildlife for no benefit from the Sinkhole Trail, plus FERC and its environmental contractor are paid by the pipeline companies, but still we can win, said local landowners and others to FERC in Valdosta last night, as you can see in these LAKE videos.
And you can come to the
Kayaktivism Day this Saturday
several Valdosta State clubs are holding on the Withlacoochee River.
Meanwhile, the FERC circus moves to Columbia High School in Live Oak, FL tonight. Continue reading
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A farce, a hoax, and wrong: citizens about Sabal to FERC in Moultrie 2015-09-29
“You tell us you’re sorry and it happens again”, said Alton Burns of Coolidge about pipeline leaks, fires, and explosions, setting the tone for the whole evening, which ended with local landowners calling the whole process a farce and a hoax. As attorney Jonathan Waters said, South Georgia is a home, not a pipeline easement.
The FERC meetings started the previous evening in Albany and continue at 5:30 PM each night at:
- Wednesday, September 30, at Holiday Inn Valdosta, Conference Center Magnolia Ballroom, 1805 West Hill Ave., Valdosta, GA 31601. LAKE videos from Valdosta.
- Thursday, October 1, at Columbia High School Auditorium, 469 SE Fighting Tiger Drive, Lake City, FL 32025 LAKE videos from Lake City.
There are many more things you can do to stop Sabal Trail. Remember, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Here are links to the LAKE videos from last night in Moultrie, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
Videos: Forestry, river gage, abandon two roads, dedicate another @ LCC 2015-09-21
They vote this evening, about right now.
Here are videos of yesterday morning’s Work Session.
The
Forestry report referred to a report that the public can’t see.
What the forestry rep reported was mostly numbers of burn permits.
County Manager Joe Pritchard had to stop Chairman Bill Slaughter from adjourning so he could say: “Friday afternoon we received a request for electronic signalling at highway 41.” County Engineer Mike Fletcher elaborated that it was a railroad pre-empt that would not allow for left turns onto Tillman Crossing when there’s a train. Request came from Norfolk Southern. Chairman agreed to add it to the agenda, then they adjourned.
The annual continued funding for the Little River USGS stream gage at GA 122 costs $400 more this year. Commissioner Marshall wanted to know what happened with the automated gage reporting system he thought they voted for previously, that would send reports when the gage was high. County Manager Joe Pritchard said that was actually the SCADA system for the county’s wells and sewage lift stations. Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker wanted to know how this gage operates. Box on bridge, tube down into river, monitors height and flow, reported through a cell phone, real time data on the web. It’s been there long enough to establish flood stages and advanced warning levels so people can protect their property.
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River gage, abandon two roads, dedicate another @ LCC 2015-09-21
This morning at 8:30 AM,
USGS Funding Agreement for HWY 122 Stream Gauge
continue funding for Little River USGS stream gage at GA 122,
Abandonment of a portion of Spain Ferry Road and Kinderlou Clyattville Road because “the county has received a request” from whom wasn’t said,
Dedicate a portion of Shiloh Road to whom or what wasn’t said.
Plus
GEMA Sheltering Memorandum of Agreement
“for the sheltering of evacuees from Coastal Georgia and/or Florida in the event those areas are threatened by a hurricane”.
Plus
Declaration of Surplus Items and Authorization to Sell on GovDeals.com.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Videos: votes on decisions already made, and paving Black Road, Naylor? @ LCC Regular 2015-09-08
They meet again today.
Here are videos of when they voted last, after apparently already deciding
before the meeting how they would vote, plus
one citizen spoke for several
in the audience who want their road paved (Black Road near Naylor), even though the Chairman said
“we kind of minimize that dialog”.
County Manager Joe Pritchard again
reminded of the
Annual 9/11 Memorial Service to be held 10AM Friday at Historic Courthouse,
Indeed they did not vote on the Roundabout Support. There was a bit of discussion on the water main to Lowndes Middle School to fend off suspected Valdosta annexation. Everything else they breezed through as fast as they could move, second, and unanimously vote, including the church rezoning and the two lift station pumps, on Bevel Creek and Coleman Road.
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Videos: Six minute Work Session @ LCC Work 2015-09-08
They vote 5:30 PM today, after this morning’s six-minute 8:30 AM
Work Session, in the LAKE videos below.
No vote tonight on the Roundabout Support, Chairman Bill Slaughter made pretty clear. Annual 911 Memorial Service to be held 10AM Friday at Historic Courthouse, reminded County Manager Joe Pritchard.
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Scans of paper for board packet @ LCC Regular 2015-09-08
They vote tonight 5:30 PM, after this morning’s 8:30 AM Work Session.
LAKE did what the county staff didn’t:
turned a mound of paper into electronic format and
posted it.
The added material is for the
Shiloh Road Roundabout (county has to maintain lighting and landscaping)
and
the bids for the
Bevel Creek
and
Coleman Road lift stations.
Except there’s no bid from Xylem for replacing the Coleman Road pump.
Did they not bid, or did the Clerk’s office not supply that bid?
See previous post for the agenda and other notes.
Also today: Development Authority 10AM, Chamber members to be Heard 3:30 PM, and Board of Elections 4:30PM, and the County Commission votes 5:30 PM.
-jsq
Work and Regular Sessions both Tuesday @ LCC Work 2015-09-08
Both LCC meetings Tuesday, plus Development Authority 10AM, Chamber members to be Heard 3:30PM, and Board of Elections 4:30PM, before the Commission votes 5:30 PM.
Update 2015-09-08: LAKE did what the county staff didn’t: turned a mound of paper into electronic format and posted it. The added material is for the Shiloh Road Roundabout (county has to maintain lighting and landscaping) and the bids for the Bevel Creek and Coleman Road lift stations. Except there’s no bid from Xylem for replacing the Coleman Road pump. Did they not bid, or did the Clerk’s office not supply that bid? (Also updated links to other meetings in first line of this post.)
The Lowndes County Commission
will consider a
church rezoning on Mullins Road
that’s so close to a county water line near the Lake Alapaha development
on the Alapaha River that the County staff felt they had to warn the applicant.
Bid awards for the utilities extension to Lowndes Middle School is on the agenda as
South Perimeter Road Utility Extension,
and it appears staff may have outsourced this million-dollar decision to Lovell Engineering.
Utilities also wants
$38,930.50 for Bevel Creek
and
$35,144.20 for Coleman Road
for new Wilo lift station pumps.
Their one-paragraph writeups sound like a good deal with substantial savings,
but they reference multiple quotes which were not included.
Where are those quotes? (They were on paper; see above.)
The county staff also wants wants a roundabout for Shiloh Road! Next they’ll be wanting speed humps on county roads they’ve made unsafe by paving (don’t hold your breath).
Here’s what LAKE got online for the commission packet and the Lowndes County Commission agenda. See also the LAKE videos of the preceding Planning Commission meeting.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Let’s stop Sabal Trail before it makes any more mistakes
Thanks to Julie Bowland for the picture of my VDT op-ed today. -jsq
The same day the Sabal Trail was quoted in the VDT August 5th as saying it had done enough subsurface analysis on our fragile karst limestone topography, a sinkhole opened up next to Shiloh Road. Sabal Trail already had to move its Albany compressor station because arrowheads had been found there. The pipeline itself is a much bigger mistake: let’s stop it before it damages our property values, forests, rivers, or our people.
Spectra Energy’s paid staff are continue to assert that Sabal Trail’s proposed gouge through our fields, farms, and under our rivers will proceed according their plan to profit executives and investors in Houston, Texas.
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Citi agrees fixing climate change is profitable
Save more by acting to fix climate change, on similar overall investment for trying to deal with unfixed effects, says Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions (GPS). Save more on similar expense: that’s profiting by fixing climate change. Fastest way to do that with least expense: deny all new pipelines, all LNG export, and end fracking.
Dana Nuccitelli, Guardian, 31 August 2015, Citi report: slowing global warming would save tens of trillions of dollars: A report from America’s 3rd-largest bank asks why we’re not transitioning to a low-carbon economy, Continue reading