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Industrial Authority Defensive about Minutes



Could the Industrial Authority try any harder to make it look like
they’ve got something to hide?
Of all things to go to the mattresses about: their board minutes?

The VDT picked up on our series about

a local citizen being overcharged for an open records request for
VLCIA agendas and minutes.

In a front page Sunday VDT story,

David Rodock reports:

In response, The Valdosta Daily Times submitted their own Open Records
Request for the salaries of all Industrial Authority employees.

According to the information provided by the Authority, the lowest paid
fulltime employee, the Operations Manager, is paid an annual salary
of $46,526.

When this number is divided by 2080, (52 weeks multiplied by 40 hours
per week) it shows that the lowest paid full-time employee is making
$22.40 per hour.

The salary quoted on the invoice is not the same as either

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