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Candidates Forum, Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber 2018-05-01

The Chamber held its usual
Candidates Forum for people running in the May election,
which will be Tuesday, May 22, 2018, with early voting already ongoing
down at the Lowndes County Board of Elections, 2904 N Oak St, Valdosta, GA 31602.


Call to Order

Here are LAKE videos of each candidate, who spoke at the Valdosta
City Hall Annex on May 1, 2018, starting with
Lowndes County Board of Education
and statehouse district 175,
for which we just already had a special election.

Statewide candidates speaking are running for
Governor,
Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary of State,
Insurance Commissioner,
and
State School Superintendent
Georgia Labor Commissioner.

Opposing viewpoints were aired on
T-SPLOST:

Valdosta Mayor John Gayle for,
and

Nolen Cox against.

Here are LAKE videos of each candidate’s speech, followed by a
LAKE video playlist. Continue reading →

Hospitals most likely to deploy microgrids: SGMC next to VSU?

According to a thesis at Georgia Southern, hospitals are the most likely

300x143 States, in A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University, by Matthew S. Purser, 1 March 2014
industry to form microgrids, and it’s not just
New York State doing microgrids; even Alabama has one.
South Georgia Medical Center plus VSU seems like a good microgrid opportunity.
Put solar panels on the roofs, buy some Tesla Powerwalls for backup,
experiment with some wind….
Maybe the Valdosta-Lowndes Development Authority could help.
And use the electricity bill money saved to fund public transportation!

Matthew S. Purser, Georgia Southern, Spring 2014,

A Technical and Economic Feasibility Study of Implementing a Microgrid at Georgia Southern University. Continue reading →