Most attending ever seen at the Lowndes County, Georgia, Board of Elections! Potential closure of the Clyattville voting precinct was the issue. That won’t happen because of the strength of the Clyattville community in organizing and working with the union hall.
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The Chamber held its usual Candidates Forum for people running in the May election, which will be Tuesday, May 22, 2018, with early voting already ongoing down at the Lowndes County Board of Elections, 2904 N Oak St, Valdosta, GA 31602.
Here are LAKE videos of each candidate, who spoke at the Valdosta
City Hall Annex on May 1, 2018, starting with
Lowndes County Board of Education
and statehouse district 175,
for which we just already had a special election.
Statewide candidates speaking are running for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Insurance Commissioner, and State School Superintendent Georgia Labor Commissioner.
Opposing viewpoints were aired on T-SPLOST: Valdosta Mayor John Gayle for, and Nolen Cox against.
Here are LAKE videos of each candidate’s speech, followed by a LAKE video playlist. Continue reading
Sworn in:
re-elected
Sandra Tooley (District 2) and
new members
Eric Howard (District 4)
and
Andy Gibbs (District 6),
plus Sandra Tooley again as
new Mayor Pro Tem.
The vote on Mayor Pro Tem
split evenly with the Mayor voting,
between Sandra Tooley and Tim Carroll,
so they ended up having Judge Tunison draw one of the two names out of a box.
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For two out of three boards, they came up with one name between
Monday morning and Tuesday evening.
No one applied for the
Lowndes County Development Authority;
instead they appointed Gary Moser who applied to be on Planning Commission.
They reappointed
Franklin Bailey, head of homebuilders association, to the
Planning Commission, plus
they appointed Ed Hightower to finish the unexpired term of Brad Folsom.
They appointed Dr. Frances Brown to the
Lowndes County Board of Health.
And the County Manager
recognized Public Works
for their good work during the recent storms.
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New members top the agenda for tonight: Eric Howard (District 4) and Andy Gibbs (District 6).
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL
5:30 PM Thursday, January 11, 2018
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
County Manager Joe Pritchard
thanked county staff for their performance during the recent storms
and the public for mostly staying off the roads.
It will cost
$450 to qualify to run for County Commissioner.
No, we don’t know what was wrong with the sound. We will try to get it better tomorrow evening.
No applicants for the Lowndes County Development Authority Board of Health, and many for the Planning Commission.
Below are links to each LAKE video of each item, with a few notes, followed by a video playlist. See also the notes on the agenda. Continue reading
Where did they advertise for applications for the three boards on the agenda for tomorrow morning, voting Tuesday evening? Who was the mysterious term expiration on the Development Authority of Lowndes County (not the same as the Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority, VLCIA)? If we assume the county’s web page for the Lowndes County Development Authority is the relevant one, it doesn’t say what term expired nor who was in that slot, it just says “Vacant”. However, we can deduce that the missing board member is Jeff Reames, whose seat expired June 8, 2017. When they appointed six members to that board the next month, they did not appoint anyone to that slot, even though Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker asked about that at the time.
Brad Folsom quit the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission to join VLCIA.
Five people want to be appointed: Keven Bussey, Gary Moser, Ed Hightower, and Bart Davis. Also, Franklin Bailey wants to be reappointed.
“Mr.” Myron Faircloth (I thought he was a doctor) resigned from the Board of Health, and nobody is mentioned as wanting to be appointed.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, JANUARY 8, 2018, MONDAY, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION,JANUARY 9, 2018, TUESDAY, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
Valdosta State University gave the American Association of University Women Powell Hall for this candidate forum last Thursday, September 21, 2017. Why they held it in a dark room with bad acoustics, I don’t know, but at least you can see the candidates and other speakers.
Here are links to each LAKE video, followed by a LAKE video playlist. Yes, you may use one of these videos or clips in your political ad, provided you cite the source: Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE). See also the announcement in the VDT.
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Here are LAKE videos of
the candidates running in the November general election at
“Meet the Candidates”
by the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce September 27th 2016.
It seemed less attended than usual, but that may have been due to the larger venue
of Mathis Auditorium dwarfing the audience.
Each got a few minutes to say something, and nobody took questions.
There were tables with information before they spoke.
James Neil Harris said he was curious about the Sabal Trail pipeline, Teresa K. Moffit said she was against it, Clay Griner voted to sell Sabal Trail an easement through the closed Lowndes County landfill, and Dexter Sharper voted in the Georgia House against river-drilling easements for Sabal Trail.
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All candidates were invited; most of the Democratic ones came and spoke;
most of the Republicans did not.
Here are links to each LAKE video of each candidate, followed by a video playlist. Continue reading
