Information from George Rhynes:

What:	Quitman 10 Support Rally
When:	2 PM Saturday 18 June 2011
Where:	Walker Street Auditorium, Quitman, Georgia

Here are

more details.

George explains:

Once again, no comments or interviews from the Quitman Ten on the
alleged voter fraud charges against them. Moreover, nothing has been
published about

the Quitman Ten receiving support and recognition from
Brooks County Community Leaders,
Georgia State Senators, Representatives, President of GABEO, Chairman
of the Peoples Agenda, and other Civil and Human Rights Leaders and
organizations.

I will note that I took the video in that blog entry for LAKE,
and LAKE published it in January,
so it’s not quite nothing has been published, but

George has a point about newspapers and TV.
Here’s

the video:

More from George (I’ve added a few LAKE blog links to his links to his blog):

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The Quitman 10 were arrested in Brooks County for alleged irregularities
with absentee ballots, the day after two of them were elected to the
Brooks County Board of Education.
Saturday (tomorrow) a statewide rally for them will be held in Macon:

When:	Saturday at 11:00pm – Sunday at 2:00am
Where:	Stewart Chapel AME Church, 887 Forsyth Street
Who:	Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sen. Robert Brown, Rep. Tyrone Brooks, Sen. Vincent Fort, Rep. David Lucas, Ms. Helen Butler

See the

facebook event invitation by George Boston Rhynes.
He has posted background on the Quitman 10 in

his blog.
See also

these previous posts in On the LAKE Front.

-jsq

Quitman solar electricity and hot water

California can do it, and it turns out Brooks County can do it:
install solar hot water heaters on low-cost housing.
In Brooks County, they also installed solar electric panels.

Kevin Skeath explains the 2.03 kilowatt solar electric panels
on an apartment office, 9 solar thermal systems on the apartments,

and how you can reduce your power bill upwards of 30% just by heating
your regular hot water, and even more by using it for heating your rooms.

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The Quitman 10 at the Georgia capitol

George Rhynes writes about the

Quitman Ten, On Georgia State Capital Steps, Standing Strong for Georgians Right to VOTE!

I traveled to the Georgia State Capital February 22, 2011; in support of
the Quitman Ten. These brave, courageous freedom fightes stood and are
standing strong on behalf of Georgia Voter’s right to vote. This is a
short preview of what will be posted here as a reflection of what took
place at this meeting and historical event. As a concerned citizens
from the South Georgia, I commend the Georgia citizens that stood in
support of the Quitman Ten as they received rewards for their courage
and perhaps being forced to bring South Georgia into the 21st Century
along with other cities.

He reminds us of the not-so-distant past:

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“No person shall be eligible as a write-in candidate…” –Ga. Code

Calling investigative reporters: here’s a trail of fishy behavior in the Brooks County elections.
George Rhynes brings up an interesting point in

Quitman Ten, Judge Porter’s decision, News Media Outlets, Is Another Investigation Needed, and can Justice Be Found in South Georgia?
The two write-in candidates in the general election
for the Brooks County Board of Education
were allowed to run despite a clear restriction in the Georgia code,
O.C.G.A. 21-2-133.
This restriction is mentioned in the Ga. Secretary of State

Candidate Training Guide:

No person shall be eligible as a write-in candidate in a general
or special election if such person was a candidate for nomination or
election to the same office in the immediately preceding primary.

Also in the same department’s

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The Quitman 10 in Valdosta

At Serenity Church in Valdosta, 15 Jan 2011,
Gladys Lee from Brooks County addressed the Quitman 10 about

justice anywhere,
about the

spirit of conviction,
and she said

“We are residents, property owners, taxpaying voters!”.

Videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.

Speaking

as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Floyd Rose addressed the
Quitman 10 and the congregation:

Now I want to say though we’ve met on what would have been my 87th birthday
may be some place of honor.
For this honor I want to thank you, and I must say to you:
unless the schools you have named for me teach children how to live
as much as how to make a living they will become little more than
battlegrounds for the frustrated individuals.
Unless the bridges that you have named for me

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The Quitman 10 and the Press

Patrick David reports from Macon, 7 Jan 2011,

Quitman 10: New Year’s Day protest march sends message to J. David Miller, GBI:

Approximately three hundred marchers converged onto the steps of the
Brooks County Courthouse to send a public message that voter intimidation
and voter disenfranchisement will not be tolerated.

This story has flown under the radar of the mainstream media, but the GBI
in conjunction with Republican J. David Miller, the district attorney for
the Southern Judicial District that represent majority-African-American
towns such as Thomasville, Moultrie, Valdosta and Alma, is preparing
to move forward in the targeting of ten African-American Brooks County
citizens, otherwise known as the “Quitman 10”.

I mentioned the day after the arrests (22 Dec 2010) that
it was curious that the local newspaper,
the Valdosta Daily Times, seemed to have nothing about that.
At least WCTV and WALB reported the arrests, but they don’t seem
to be following the story since.
Dean Poling did report in the VDT 24 Dec 2010 that

Charges won’t keep Brooks school board members from serving:

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South Georgia GBI; Roundup of Blacks In Quitman

In the appended post about yesterday’s events in Quitman,
George Rhynes cites the
WCTV
and
WALB
stories.
Curiously, the nearest local daily newspaper,
the Valdosta Daily Times, seems to have nothing online about this.
-jsq

At 8:30 AM, I began receiving phone calls from Quitman, Georgia
in the County of Brooks where the County
Sheriffs Office was arresting citizens at random concerning the recent
Absentee Ballot Problems.

These arrests reminded me of the alleged problems Black Voters/Citizens have
had with the GBI harassing them during their investigation before and during
the last run off election.
This included alleged actions by the GBI
Investigators that local citizens complained about intimidation before,
during and after the election. However little or no Public Media
Attention was given to alleged Black Voter intimidation by local media.
Moreover, little to nothing was published in the
FREE PRESS surrounding citizen’s fear from GBI Investigators. This was a
major point of discussion when I along with a local Pastor from Valdosta,
Georgia walked the streets to get a better understanding of what

Brooks County Voters had to go through during the last election.

Today’s arrest will surely end up in the courts.

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On the LAKE front

Citizen dialog for transparent process by the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange

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The Quitman 10 at the Georgia capitol

“No person shall be eligible as a write-in candidate…” –Ga. Code

The Quitman 10 in Valdosta

The Quitman 10 and the Press

South Georgia GBI; Roundup of Blacks In Quitman