They detailed spending by the Sheriff and the Coroner,
yet never seemed to say how much the Commission itself has spent

sueing a local business.
And what was that executive session about?
Doesn’t

Georgia Open Meetings Law say they have
to say what it’s for?

Here’s

the agenda.
See also

County discusses budget woes:
Sheriff’s department, coroner are ‘worst offenders’,
by Matthew Woody, VDT, 15 November 2013.

Here’s

a video playlist for the entire Lowndes County Commission Retreat Work Session.

Videos: Budget, SPLOST, and 2014 Planning

Retreat Work Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),

Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),

Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 November 2013.

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It’s 9AM: do you know where your County Commission is?
They’re at Chairman Bill Slaughter’s house, having what
finally got billed as an “Annual Retreat Work Session”.
Why so secretive, Commissioners?

Crawford Powell (District 3), Joyce Evans (District 1), Richard Raines (District 2), Stephanie Black (Finance Director), Joe Pritchard (County Manager), Bill Slaughter (Chairman), Paige Dukes (County Clerk), John Page (District 5), Demarcus Marshall (District 4)

At the start time of 8:30 AM, nobody was observing except
Jody Hall (GLPC) and Gretchen Quarterman (LAKE).
The VDT reporter arrived at 8:59 AM.
Here’s
the agenda,
with picture taken by Gretchen of copy posted on door.
The online copy is not in the usual

agenda page, rather it’s hanging off a special entry in the
calendar.

LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Annual Retreat Work Session

November 14, 2013

6926 Simpson Road, Hahira, Georgia

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