Still 9 precincts
this year like
last year, but one of the polling locations
has changed (Pine Grove to Trinity),
and the precinct boundaries have changed.
Yet again the board of elections plans
still more fiddling with precincts this year.
There was a Special Called Board of Elections meeting yesterday,
and a regular meeting is
9AM Tuesday 22 July 2014.
Let’s update last year’s polling place table. Continue reading
Terri Lupo
(Georgia Power regional VP)
for the
Industrial Authority;
Martha Cunningham,
Sam Allen,
Penelope Schmidt,
Matt Lawrence for the
Library Board,
and
Dan Deaver,
Susan Prince, and Russell Mast (Chairman) for two positions on
Parks and Rec.
Apparently the public was supposed to guess about the two
public hearings
(one about the frequently-staff-varianced
subdivision
Nelson Hill)
or the nine contracts,
since
the county didn’t post an agenda before the meeting.
Commissioner Joyce Evans did ask if the applicants would be
at the Regular Session Tuesday evening, and was told they would.
Will they speak this time, unlike
the applicants two weeks ago?
They finally posted an agenda after the meeting.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
PolitiFact Rhode Island
examined 6 July 2014
a claim by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of 27 May 2014
and found that:
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said that solar industry jobs have now outpaced coal-mining jobs.
The most recent data from three objective sources support his claim.
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The County Commission hasn’t posted an agenda for its own
Work Session tomorrow morning, nor for its Regular Session
Tuesday evening.
Under Current Events on the county’s website there’s this event posting:
Lowndes County Work Session Meeting (7/7/2014)
Lowndes County Board of Commissioners
327 N. Ashley St – Commission Chambers, 2nd Floor Administration Building
Valdosta, GA
8:30 a.m.
Where the agenda would be on the county’s website, there is none for July 7th or July 8th 2014.
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None of the appointees spoke, but all were appointed unanimously,
and they unanimously approved
a landfill expansion item without ever seeing a site plan.
Ray Devery and Barry Barr to the
Library Board,
Sheila Wakeley to the
South Georgia Community Service Board,
and
John Sineath to the
Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals,
even though Valdosta’s web page says he’s a city appointee.
They also unanimously approved everything else: a grant for help getting a grant, re-evaluation of all rural agricultural tax assessments, the annual mosquito testing contract with VSU, and the landfill public hearing clarification item about the hearing of the public notice already posted for 17 July 2014.
Here’s the agenda, with some notes, and links to the videos.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
The Chairman refusing to publish a draft of the budget before the hearings
didn’t get any more people to show up.
Only a handful of people where there who didn’t work for the county,
and
no citizens spoke.
I still don’t see the budget on the county’s website, two weeks later.
I guess you can look at the LAKE video of
Finance Director Stephanie Black’s presentation
and hope it has the parts you want to see.
We didn’t know about the first budget hearing on 17 June 2014, but here are videos of the 24 June 2014 budget hearing.
Continue reading
Lowndes County, an oasis of constitutional rights.
Yes, really.
Here’s video evidence.
This kind of good news could do more to attract businesses here
than many things the local powers that be are doing.
Carlos Miller wrote for Photography is Not a Crime 25 June 2014, Georgia Deputy Surprises us all by Respecting Constitution,
It started off with a federal protective service officer pulling up to Jeff Gray in a patrol car for taking pictures from a public sidewalk outside the Moody Air Force Base in Georgia Monday.
Gray told the officer that he was photographing the railroad. But the cop had his doubts and accused him of photographing the entrance to the base — as if it would make any difference within the scopes of the law — and decided to call the local sheriff for backup.
When Gray tried to walk away, the cop informed he was being detained.
When Gray asked for his name and badge number, the cop informed Gray Continue reading
Not enough board members available to meet,
so today’s meeting is cancelled due to lack of a quorum:
Valdosta-Lowndes County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBOA).
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Twelve acres requested to rezone
to agricultural
and
“an amendment to the zoning conditions”
for the
Nelson Hills Subdivision; the same one that previously
got waivers from county staff with no public hearing.
People might think that’s why the county didn’t want anybody to see this agenda.
After no electronic copy was available, Gretchen photographed a paper copy of the agenda, which I’ve OCRed. She heard that one item was withdrawn and another was requested to be tabled for 30 days. We’ll see.
Greater Lowndes Planning CommissionContinue readingLowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
AGENDA
Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office
325 West Savannah AvenueTuesday, June 30, 2014* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing
The Planning Commission meets tonight, we hear with no cases other than
two for Lowndes County, one of which may be tabled.
No agenda is available to the public, unless you show up in person 5:30 PM tonight at 325 W savannah Ave., Valdosta, GA.
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