If you go to lowndescounty.com, pull down Government at the top,
select Board of Elections, then
Election Results, you can select a format for displaying
election results.
And the results at 8:50 PM 15 March 2010 are:
| BOE SALES TAX QUESTION | VOTES | |
| YES | 82.66% | 2,931 |
| NO | 17.34% | 615 |
| Total Votes: 3,546 |
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March 9, 2011Continue reading
Brad Lofton
Executive Director
Valdosta Lowndes County Industrial Authority
2110 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
RE: Sierra Club position on the Wiregrass Energy facility
Dear Mr. Lofton:
Congratulations on the groundbreaking of your solar facility last month. The Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club is very pleased and excited to see those types of clean, renewable projects coming online all across our state, after years of Georgia Power claiming that solar wouldn’t work in our state.
However, I am writing to you primarily on a different subject as it has come to our attention that you continue to claim
The Board of Directors of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority
(VLCIA)
meets tonight,
5:30 PM 15 March 2011 in the Industrial Authority Conference Room,
2110 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, Georgia.
I hear they’re having a personnel change.
Maybe with new staff they can finally get agendas and minutes on their website, and maybe a picture of Tom Call. The picture of Call below was found elsewhere by LAKE.
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Roy Copeland |
Tom Call |
Mary Gooding |
Norman Bennett |
Jerry Jennett, Chairman |
If you’re not yet convinced to get out and vote today to continue
the 1% ESPLOST local sales tax that pays for school buildings, books,
band instruments, and sports equipment for the Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia school systems,
here are two Facebook pages:
And
where you can vote.
And here’s
lots of detail on where the money goes.
The two school boards are setting a standard for local government transparency in posting a detailed notice in the newspaper five times,
holding information sessions, going to other people’s meetings and speaking,
handing out flyers, etc.
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And what about all that land?
In addition to a news story about Brad Lofton moving on up to Myrtle Beach, the Valdosta Daily Times also had an editorial yesterday (14 March), Lofton’s leaving a void in which they make some good points, including:
While the search is on for a new director, now is the time for the city, county and industrial authority board to come together to make some decisions about the organization and what the community leadership needs and wants it to be.Here are a few modest suggestions along those lines, including considerations such as water.
More from the VDT: Continue reading
What’s Brad Lofton’s legacy?
The VDT finally published something today about Brad Lofton moving to Myrtle Beach, apparently mostly drawing on the same SC newspaper story LAKE picked up on last Thursday, with some material from the second SunNews story of Friday. The VDT did add some local interviews: Continue reading
California can do it, and it turns out Brooks County can do it:
install solar hot water heaters on low-cost housing.
In Brooks County, they also installed solar electric panels.
Kevin Skeath explains the 2.03 kilowatt solar electric panels
on an apartment office, 9 solar thermal systems on the apartments,
and how you can reduce your power bill upwards of 30% just by heating
your regular hot water, and even more by using it for heating your rooms.
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If they can do this in California, why can’t we do it here?
Sustainable City Network posts, Housing Authority Completes 28-Collector Solar Thermal System:
The City of Alameda, Calif., announced the completion of a solar water-heating system installed at a Housing Authority building on Park Street. Designed and built by SunWater Solar, the system will reduce utility bills by meeting up to 70 percent of the 65-unit building’s hot water load. The system is powered by 28 Heliodyne Gobi 410 collectors. A Heliodyne Delta T Pro monitoring device will provide online access to system performance data.The Park Street system was recently approved for a $42,785 California Solar Initiative-Thermal rebate that will help cover the system’s $139,000 cost. CSI-Thermal rebates are currently at their highest tier: $12.82 per therm of natural gas offset. SunWater Solar contributed to the development of the CSI-Thermal program and has administered $237,000 in CSI-Thermal rebates on behalf of clients.
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To find your polling place go to Secretary of State Poll LocatorThe version of their precinct list below actually has map links for each precinct. I have omitted the photographs of the polling places.Click Precincts for Map Locator and Driving Directions provided by Google Maps.
| Precinct 1 | Newsome St. Church, 202 S. Newsome St., Hahira |
| Precinct 2 | Old Pine Grove Elementary School Gym, 4023 Pine Grove Road, Valdosta |
| Precinct 3 | Westminister Presbyterian Church, 3019 Country Club Road, Valdosta |
| Precinct 4 | Northside Baptist Church Gym, 200 E. Park Avenue, Valdosta |
| Precinct 5 | Jaycee Park Activities Building, 2306 Jaycee Shack Road, Valdosta |
| Precinct 6 | Naylor City Hall, 8753 Georgia Highway 135, Naylor |
| Precinct 7 | Wood Valley Community Center, 1907 Gornto Road, Valdosta |
| Precinct 8 | Rainwater Conference Center, One Meeting Place, Valdosta |
| Precinct 9 | New Clyattville Fire Station, 5080 Madison Highway, Clyattville |
| Precinct 10 | Mildred Hunter Community Center, 509 S. Fry St., Valdosta |
| Precinct 11 | Dasher City Hall, 3686 US Hwy 41 S. Dasher |
| Precinct 12 | South Lowndes Recreation Center, 6440 Ocean Pond Ave, Lake Park |
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Continue readingNever, never, ever be shocked by Valdosta and South Georgia News Media Whiteout Machines. This includes local Television, News Papers, Radio, and our elected officials that are on the wrong side of history. This pattern and practice of keeping citizens deaf; dumb, and blind to the times as to what takes place at public meetings in own community and in the State of Georgia is no secret.
Omissions such as these;