I got redistricted into LCBOE District 1,
and Districts 1, 2, and 3 are all up for election,
with 1 and 2 contested.
If, like me, you can’t tell which district you’re in or who’s
running without a map and a list,
see the list Gretchen drew up.
-jsq
Tag Archives: Lowndes County
Animals, Alcohol, Alphabet Soup, Paving, Bridges, and Fire @ LCC 2014-03-24
Got to spend those SPLOST dollars widening roads and bridges
to promote development farther out in the country!
Plus some trucks for Animal Control and tablets for the Fire Department,
an alcohol license, and some alphabet-soup agreements.
It may be healthy as food, but I wonder if opaque acronyms
unexplained in the agenda is good for local government.
Here’s the agenda.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Videos: Water under Moody Family Housing and Sabal Trail @ LCC 2014-03-11
Two
speakers about
the Sabal Trail pipeline,
one about
water issues under Moody Family Housing,
One
request to do something about speeding
(good luck),
a
recognition (firefighters),
a
proclamation (purple hearts),
and
an
award (budget),
one rezoning
withdrawn,
three
others
approved,
two contracts (bus system renewal
and
software master contract),
some but not all
streets accepted in Nelson Hill,
and no mention of the
Lake Park annexation request that took up at least five minutes the
previous morning.
For why John Page is no longer on the Commission, see the previous post with the agenda. Here’s the agenda again with links to the videos and a few notes. See also videos from the previous morning’s Work Session. And see also Lowndes County becomes third purple heart county in the state, by Matthew Woody, VDT, 12 March 2014.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSContinue reading
PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2014, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street — 2nd Floor
Can we get pipeline update and citizen input? –Carolyn Singletary @ LCC 2014-03-11
A directly affected landowner wanted to know what happened
with the talks
among several local county attorneys about the
proposed Sabal Trail pipeline, and was there any way citizens
could provide input,
at the
11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
Here’s the video:
Can we get pipeline update and citizen input? –Carolyn Singletary
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.
Also she wondered if she could hear Continue reading
Speeding on Academy Drive and Parkwood –Warren Scoby @ LCC 2014-03-11
A local citizen said he was concerned about speeding by
people cutting through his road to get to Bemiss Road.
The Chairman promised they would look into it,
at the
11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
That would be a refreshing change from the Commission’s previous refusals to
do anything about that problem on other roads.
Here’s the video:
Speeding on Academy Drive and Parkwood –Warren Scoby
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.
There are things you can do about the Sabal Trail Pipeline –Mario Bartoletti @ LCC 2014-03-11
Apparently the community believes the Commission thinks
there’s nothing they can do,
but Mario Bartoletti, speaking for himself and for
WACE,
said he thought there were things the Commission could do
about that 36-inch methane pipeline, and he listed some things,
at the
11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
Here’s the video:
There are things you can do about the Sabal Trail Pipeline –Mario Bartoletti
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.
His list included:
Continue readingWater issues under Moody Family Housing –Dr. Michael Noll @ LCC 2014-03-11
Water issues still need to be investigated and resolved under the proposed Moody Family Housing, said Dr. Michael Noll, presenting a public comment by him and two other VSU professors about the recent evironmental assessment to the 11 March 2014 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission.
Here’s the video:
Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC)
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 March 2014.
Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).
Appended is the text of the VSU professors’ letter, and here it is in PDF.
Continue readingUtility-owned rooftop solar: Tom Fanning and Steven Chu agree
Tom Fanning is getting support for his idea of utility-owned
rooftop solar.
Can we see that tiger team report, Tom?
And FPL, how about you get on with this, instead of
trying to gouge an unneeded yard-wide methane pipeline through here?
Sun, wind, and water can power each U.S. state,
so how about FPL in the Sunshine State and Southern Company in the southeast
get out in front and lead?
Jeff McMahon wrote for Forbes yesterday, Steven Chu Solves Utility Companies’ Death Spiral,
Utility companies have been looking for new regulations and higher connection charges to save them from a “death spiral” spurred by a surge in rooftop solar installations. Instead, says former Energy Secretary Steven Chu, they should get into the rooftop solar business.
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Valdosta sewage PR reaches Florida
Valdosta sure has an effective PR mechanism,
famous all the way to Florida again,
for the second time this month.
Most cities wouldn’t think
to dump stuff into the river to get in the news!
But Valdosta buried the solution at the end of
a traditional press release:
“The city has planned, designed and bid a force main project and will award a $32 million contract in May that will prevent the majority of these overflows from occurring in the future.”
That would be one of the projects Valdosta will use the
$36.7 million GEFA loan to fund.
Other projects are related to the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), which wasn’t the culprit this time.
This sewer spill came from manholes overflowing.
Winnie Wright wrote for WCTV yesterday, Over 1 Million Gallons Of Wastewater Spills Into Local Waterways,
The Florida Department of Public Health is warning residents to avoid contact with water from the Withlacoochee River.
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Manhole overflows –City of Valdosta
Maybe that SPLOST money will build that force main and stop this.
Meanwhile, they don’t call it Sugar Creek for nothing.
And Twomile Branch flows into Sugar Creek, which flows into the Withlacoochee
River, which flows into the Suwannee River through Florida into the Gulf of Mexico.
Today we’ll probably see stories from Florida about river water warnings.
Winnie Wright wrote for WCTV 18 March 2014, National Flood Preparedness Week Comes to Valdosta, Along With The Rain,
It’s pretty ironic that National Flood Preparedness Week has come right alongside 5 inches of rain in South Georgia, but for residents of Valdosta who remember the flood of 2009, that much rain can be a real problem if you don’t have flood insurance.
“Many people don’t realize that flood is not covered in their homeowners policy. It’s important to know what is and isn’t covered in your homeowners policy”, says Christi Marsh, a State Farm Agent based in Valdosta.
Winnie Wright reports homeowner Carrie Eager found flood insurance preferable to evacuating by boat like before.
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