Some people have expressed surprise to learn that Brad Lofton
was fired from his previous job in Effingham County.
The VLCIA’s own website may be part of the reason why they’re surprised.

According to

“In the News”
on the
the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA) web site:

“Lofton is currently the president and CEO of the Effingham County
Industrial Development Authority and the executive director of the
Effingham County Chamber of Commerce. Lofton brings a wide range of
experience to the position including time served as the executive
director of the Lee County Chamber of Commerce and the Lee County
Development Authority.”

You have to search or scroll way down in that page to find that passage,
and there’s no date on it.

However, it is almost a word-for-word copy of a paragraph by Kelli Hernandez
that appeared in the

Moultrie Observer 16 August 2006:

“Lofton’s most recent position was president and CEO of the Effingham
County Industrial Development Authority and the executive director of
the Effingham County Chamber of Commerce. Lofton brings a wide range
of experience to the position including time served as the executive
director of the Lee County Chamber of Commerce and the Lee County
Development Authority.”

See the difference? “Lofton’s most recent position was” in the
Moultrie article is “Lofton is currently the” on the VLCIA’s own web site.
So which was it?

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