Mayor Sonny Vickers said he thought it was important for children
and grandchildren and proper for the City Council to take a stand
against school consolidation, and City Manager Larry Hanson read
the statement (transcript appended).
For: James Wright District 1
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Against: Robert Yost District 6
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After very brief discussion, the vote was 4 for
(James Wright of District 1, Hoke Hampton of District 3,
Alvin Payton of District 4, and Ben Norton At Large)
and 2 against
(Robert Yost of District 6 and Tim Carroll of District 5).
That means Ben Norton changed his vote since since
their last non-binding vote related to school consolidation.
(Nonbinding because
they didn’t have any authority to decide whether the referendum
went on the ballot or not.)
Council Deidra White of District 2 was absent throughout the meeting,
which I find rather odd since she seemed quite aware when I spoke to her
the previous day that this vote was going to occur.
Back in August
she voted against putting the referendum on the ballot.
Yes, I know the motion was not exactly the same, so the votes
are not exactly comparable.
In any case, this time there was no tie and thus no need for the (new)
mayor to break a tie.
Here’s
the video:
Valdosta City Council voted to oppose school consolidationo
education, consolidation, resolution,
Regular Session, Valdosta City Council (VCC),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 6 October 2011.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Here’s the statement transcribed as accurately as I could from the video:
