Explosions in Tilbury, England, explosions in Waycross: south Georgia wood pellet dust blowing up here and there and producing CO2 when burned there. Why is “the world’s largest wood pellet plant” a better use of Georgia foresters’ resources than solar farms, which don’t pollute and don’t explode? Josh Schlossberg wrote for The Biomass Monitor 24 […]
Saturday Democrats from across Georgia’s First Congressional District caucussed in Waycross to elect delegates to the Democratic National Convention (DNC). The winners were announced: DNC Delegates from GA-01: Miguel Camacho, Audrey Stewart, Joe Segui, Laverne Gaskins, Al Williams, plus Jeana Brown GA-01 Chair Speeches by the winners: Laverne Gaskins Audrey Stewart Miguel Camacho Joe Segui […]
Update 12:30 8 September 2011: SGRC provided a fixed link to the public comment form. The first SGRC public meeting about the T-SPLOST Draft Constrained Investment List is today in Waycross: View Larger Map Wednesday, September 7, 2011; 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; at the Southern Georgia Regional Commission Waycross Office; 1725 South Georgia Parkway […]
A simpler kind of animal shelter problem, before and after. Mike Morrison wrote for Jacksonville.com 4 August 2011, 14 dogs die from heatstroke at Waycross kennel; cooling fans pledged The heat has killed dogs at the Waycross animal shelter because the kennel isn’t wired to power fans, but a city official said Wednesday that help […]
Even though Lowndes County voted 2 to 1 against T-SPLOST in 2012, and Southern Georgia Region 11 voted it down by 38,731 no votes (58%) to 28,217 Yes (42%) votes, a few counties in the region voted for it (Clinch, Atkinson, Coffee, Bacon, and Irwin). Also, Lowndes County had lots of transportation items ready to […]
Regional T-SPLOST is on the agenda this morning. Back in 2012 we all voted down a statewide T-SPLOST (Transportation Special Sales Tax). As we learned at the February Lowndes County Commission Planning Session Day 2, on 28 February 2017 in Waycross there was a “public hearing” about a possible regional T-SPLOST. When I asked SGRC […]
We learned why Lowndes County has gotten religion about Internet access and speed: Moody AFB wants it. Commissioner Scottie Orenstein made the case for board packets and agendas in electronic form instead of the paper packets they currently use. Maybe they’ll even reveal them to the public before their meetings, like real MSAs do. Meanwhile, […]
CSX stock went up 29% in January on rumors of a corporate takeover. The same CSX that let a plume of toxic chemicals leak below its Rice Rail Yard in Waycross, including into the upper Suwannee River watershed. It’s not clear a corporate takeover would do anything to stop that, or other possible contamination in […]
Five superfund sites and many more supposedly cleaned up, all in Lowndes County. Homefacts has a web page on Lowndes County, GA Environmental Hazards Report, which includes some you probably knew about, such as Perma Fix Explosion, 1612 James P Rogers Circle, Valdosta, GA 31601, Perma Fix Explosion is a superfund site located at 1612 […]
After only a few weeks of organized opposition by citizens, including Satilla Riverkeeper and activists from as far away as Waycross, mighty DuPont has had to think again about mining Wayne County near Jesup. Not given up, but at least not just breezing through unnoticed. Update 2014-08-28 14:00: Greenlaw Press Release. Terry Dickson wrote for […]