Sitting at a table, the local candidates laid out their positions
in Lake Park.
See also
LAKE videos of the previous candidate forum in Valdosta. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Bikram Mohanty
Videos: Valdosta Chamber Candidate Forum @ VLCoC 2014-10-07
Here are LAKE videos of
the candidates forum at the Rainwater Conference Center
organized by the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce.
In the one remaining County Commission race, for District 3,
Tom Hochschild made opposition to the Sabal Trail pipeline
a platform plank,
while
Mark Wisenbaker mentioned his opposition to
the county’s lawsuit against local business Deep South Sanitation (DSS).
We know Hochschild is opposed to that lawsuit and Wisenbaker is
opposed to that pipeline, so we may get some change on the County Commission
in January.
Cary Scarborough of DSS was at this forum, as were many pipeline opponents.
Bikram Mohanty wins special mention for best use of the
VSU students Hochschild brought.
Meet the Candidates @ VLCoC 2014-10-07
Update 2014-10-21: Fixed year in title, and LAKE videos are posted.
Tuesday is the annual Chamber Meet the Candidates event.
Usually there’s not much chance to ask them questions
and see them answer in front of everybody,
but at least you get to hear them speak.
Oddly the Chamber did not list which candidates will be there,
but
Valdosta CEO did:
U.S. Representative – District 1
E.L. Buddy Carter (R)
Brian Corwin Reese (D)State Senate – District 8
C. Ellis Black (R)
Bikram Mohanty (D)State House – District 174
John Corbett (R)
Jessie Smith (D)Lowndes County Commission – District 3
Tally Mark Wisenbaker, Jr. (R)
Tom Hochschild (D)
Primary election tomorrow, 22 July 2014
From County Commissioner to Georgia School Superintendent
and U.S. Senate, you can vote in the primary election tomorrow,
if you haven’t already voted.
If I forgot any runoffs, please let me know.
Lowndes County Commission District 5
Nonpartisan Runoff:
Candidate Forum at Hahira Historical Society 6PM tonight
Tonight is the first open candidates forum of the election season,
for all candidates running for offices voted on by residents of Hahira,
at the Hahira Historical Society,
116 E. Lawson Street,
in the old Smith Hospital Doctors Building in Hahira,
6PM April 26th 2014.
That includes:
Georgia General Assembly
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State Senate District 8:
Ellis Black (R switched from House 174),
John Page (R switched from County Commission District 5),
Bikram Mohanty (D ran last time and placed well),
and
Richard Raines (R not running again for County Commission District 2). Continue reading
Crazy Qualifying Season Finally Completed
Update 31 March 2014:
Withdrawals of Thomas Sims and Don Thieme from Lowndes County Commission District 3 and of
Crawford Powell from House 174. See also
school board election.
Additional entries in County Commission Districts 3 and 5,
plus a swap and a withdrawal,
continued the
musical chairs in local qualifying.
Plus three out of four County Commission seats up for election
will actually be decided in May, not November.
And one state House seat and the state Senate race are hotly contested.
The three County Commission seats that will be decided May 20th are: Continue reading
Musical chairs in local qualifying
Three out of five voting County Commissioners are not running again,
and one has already vacated his seat,
plus you have to have a playing card to keep track of who’s
running for the state Senate and House.
We already knew
State Senator Tim Golden was not running again,
and now we know who’s running for that seat:
Richard Raines (R),
who had said
two months ago he was not running again for
County Commission District 2,
Ellis Black (R) currently House 174, Bikram Mohanty (D) who ran last time and came close,
and John Page (R), who thus vacated County Commission District 5.
Because Ellis Black is running for Senate, and even though he
qualifed for his House District 174 seat Monday,
when he qualified for Senate Wednesday, he left his House seat open.
Running for District 174 are Crawford Powell (R), currently
County Commissioner for District 3,
Jessie Smith (D), and John L. Corbett (R).
The incumbents qualifed for the other House seats,
each with no challenger.
As for the three (3) County Commission seats now open,
here, read
Gretchen’s explanation.
And remember, more changes can still happen, because
qualifying has reopened for County Commission District 3,
and will have to reopen for District 5.
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Challengers made statehouse incumbents work in south Georgia
Hardly-funded insurgents led by Haley Shank put a scare into turncoat south Georgia statehouse
incumbents.
What would happen with well-funded candidates?
As we’ve already seen,
in new district 177 Dexter Sharper (D)
won 2 to 1 over opponent J. Glenn Gregory (R).
(All election data in this post is from
GA Secretary of State.)
Conversely, Jason Shaw (R-176) ran unopposed, perhaps because
he is the least offensive of the incumbents (he voted
against HB 1162
that put
the Atlanta-power-grab “charter school” amendment on the ballot,
although
he did vote for HB 797
that will funnel more of your local tax dollars to charter schools
imposed by Atlanta even if your school board doesn’t want them).
Other south Georgia statehouse incumbents, all Republicans, had
challengers, all Democrats.
All the challengers opposed Amendment 1.
Haley Shank did best, in District 173 against Darlene K. Taylor,
8,324 to 12,048 (40.86% to 59.14%).
Next was
Vote No on Amendment 1 —LAKE WALB Ad
The
WCTV news report
didn’t mention something else LAKE has done about
the Tim Golden use of a LAKE video without the required attribution:
LAKE paid for
a TV ad on the same WALB market as Golden’s ad.
That
LAKE ad
is still playing today: watch the news and football on WALB
in Valdosta and Hahira.
Bikram Mohanty is a man of integrity running for Georgia state Senate.
The incumbent Tim Golden’s attack ad misuses a video I took
of Bikram Mohanty, without the credit its YouTube license requires.Tim Golden voted to put on the ballot an amendment that could siphon off
your local tax dollars for charter schools,
even if your school board doesn’t want them.Vote for integrity;
vote for Bikram Mohanty for Georgia state Senate,
and vote No for Amendment 1.
This WALB ad, like
the WCTV news interview,
is another rare instance of the LAKE politburo deciding LAKE would
go on record as an organization, so I was speaking for LAKE.
TL;DR: If you want to use LAKE materials, cite the source.
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Tim Golden campaign admits using LAKE video without attribution —WCTV
WCTV got Tim Golden’s campaign on record admitting it used a LAKE video
without attribution.
Golden’s spokesperson claimed (erroneously) that they didn’t need to
cite the source.
As you can see below, that’s not what the license says.
Greg Gullberg wrote for WCTV last night,
Valdosta Man Takes Legal Action Against GA Senator Over Use Of Video,
A videographer in Valdosta is taking legal action against Georgia
District 8 State Senator Tim Golden.John Quarterman says video he shot was used in an “Attack Ad”
against Senate candidate Bikram Mohanty without his permission.“A video posted on Youtube that clearly says that attribution is
required. And there’s no attribution, no sources sighted, and he
didn’t ask permission. That’s mis-use of our material,” Quarterman
said.
