According to David Rodock in the VDT today
about last night’s
County Commission
regular session:
Only one citizen, Dr. Michael Noll, came forward to speak with
commissioners. Noll asked commissioners to speak with Industrial Authority
board members about the 22.2 acre tract of land that is being considered
for purchase by Wiregrass Power LLC. Noll is concerned the company will
use the land to pursue previous plans to construct a biomass facility,
a proposal which has seen considerable negative community backlash over
the last year.“I think commissioners made this very clear that the Industrial
Authority should have been done with this project,” said Paulk. “I
don’t think we’ve changed our mind. I can’t speak for the City of
Valdosta, but I think they’re prepared to make some moves and make
a statement on their behalf in the immediate future. It’s a project
that didn’t work and when things don’t work, move on to things that
do. That’s my personal opinion.”
District 3 commissioner Crawford Powell offered his insight on the issue,
“The issue the Industrial Authority has is they had a contractual
agreement on the sale of the property and so they’re trying to work
through that but I don’t think there’s any particular excitement on
their behalf to continue down that road.”
According to usually reliable sources, it was Crawford Powell
who