VLCIA has once again passed the buck on biomass, and the Valdosta City Council
could pick it up and finally deal with it.

VDT editorial yesterday:
after the

In a recent Valdosta council meeting, longtime councilman Sonny Vickers
asked if there was any way to put the biomass issue to rest once and for
all. The good news, Councilman Vickers, is that there is and it’s all
in the city’s hands.

The Industrial Authority signed an agreement with Wiregrass Power LLC
which allows the company to purchase the land from the Authority and
proceed with the project on its own. Although the Authority hasn’t
yet voted on the issue, it appears that they don’t have a choice and
may be compelled to honor the agreement.

Compelled? Give me a break!
VLCIA has an attorney, and one of its board members is an attorney.
If they can’t find a way to break a land purchase contract because
conditions have changed, they need new legal counsel.

Why didn’t they discuss that in

their yet another special called meeting Thursday morning,
in which they apparently discussed that
offer from Sterling Planet to buy the proposed biomass plant site?

VDT continued:

And once the land is purchased,
as long as the company complies with existing zoning laws, there is not
a way to prevent the plant from being built.

Oh, but there is.

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