Back on the agenda this morning,
the Old Quitman Road Bridge replacement over the CSX RR has been
discussed since at least 2011 when it was on the T-SPLOST list,
and in
September 2016 it came up for discussion again,
and the Commission approved surveying and engineering.
Last month they
discussed the plans, drawings, etc.,
and approved those.
See this
playlist of LAKE videos of this item in previous meetings.
This morning’s item for voting tomorrow evening is Continue reading
Back in May 2015, Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning and Georgia Power
CEO Paul Bowers both told me “If we can’t do coal, we have to do pipelines”.
A year in the making, Southern Company bought pipeline company AGL Resources.
Turns out AGL Resources is also an LNG export company,
exporting through Jacksonville by LNG containers on trucks.
And the plot thickens with
the pending corporate takeover
of CSX Railroad by the former CEO of Canadian Pacific,
given that CSX depends a lot on carrying coal, which remember
is what Southern Company is rapidly getting away from.
Could CSX want to carry LNG?
Meanwhile, LNG containers are already rolling
down I-75 and I-10 to Jaxport,
apparently through Atlanta, Macon, Valdosta, and Lake City.
Southern Company PR, 1 July 2016, Southern Company and AGL Resources complete merger, create a leading U.S. energy company, Continue reading
It’s great they’re talking early about the
CDBG grant for Habitat for Humanity and maybe some others,
but they can’t get any state or local grants until the county finishes
feuding with all the cities in the county about tax distribution.
They spent second most time on
the Kinderlou Road CSX RR crossing closure.
Seago rezoning was withdrawn by the applicant.
For Emergency Manager Ashley Tye’s report on tornado damage, see the
videos of the previous morning’s Work Session.
See also
the agenda.
Below are links to each LAKE video of the 2017-01-24 Regular Session, with a few notes, followed by a LAKE video playlist. Continue reading
Lowndes County had no fatailities or major injuries from the recent storm,
but our neighbors to the west and north were not so lucky,
reported Emergency Management Director Ashley Tye.
They vote tonight at 5:30 PM on
is no longer on
the agenda,
but not on the
Seago rezoning,
because the applicant withdrew it.
They can talk about
CDBG funding,
because of “all the circumstances”, namely that the county is feuding
with all the cities in the county about tax distribution,
and can’t apply for any state or federal grants until that is resolved.
They
adjourned to executive session to discuss litigation:
does that mean they’re going to sue the cities about tax distribution
all the way to the Georgia Supreme Court again?
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This morning at 8:30 AM
we’ll probably hear a storm report from Emergency Management Director Ashley Tye.
And back on the agenda for the third time,
REZ-2016-21 Seago, 4678 US Hwy 41 S,
still trying to buy a bit of adjoining land to get up to the minimum acreage:
see
the LAKE videos of the previous regular session, which link to all the previous stuff.
LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
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PROPOSED AGENDA
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
A reminder of why to stop pipeline companies from burying investors’ money in the ground and get on with solar power:
the pipeline that exploded in Texas last week was
half owned by Spectra Energy,
the pipeline company behind
Sabal Trail, AIM, Penneast, and numerous other fracked methane invasions
and behind thirty years of undetected corrosion resulting in leaks, explosions, property damage, and deaths.
The pipeline company didn’t detect it and couldn’t even turn it off quickly.
Want to bet that it,
like Spectra’s Pennsylvania explosion last spring, was corrosion?
A very Texas report said “no people or cattle were injured” and also notice: “The fire is under control and will burn itself out.” Continue reading
17%, 13%, now 0% new electricity needed in Florida, according to FPL?
And the Sabal Trail excuse of coal plant “modernization” has already been
accomplished without Sabal Trail?
While even FPL is now deploying solar power and admits solar “is now significantly influencing FPL’s resource planning”?
So what is the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline boondoggle for, then?
Two years ago I pointed out that FPL’s own projections in its ten-year plans Continue reading
It’s Valdosta’s turn, after
Lowndes County approved up to $40,000,
tomorrow (Thursday 11 Aug 2016),
it’s on the
Valdosta City Council agenda
for the city to approve a similar amount,
adding up to matching what USGS is willing to supply.
It was Valdosta’s idea in the first place, and maybe this
interactive flood map for a small part of the Withlacoochee River through Valdosta will help prevent, or at least provide early warning for,
the types of
road closings and other floodings that happened in 2009.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE VALDOSTA CITY COUNCIL
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5:30 PM Thursday, August 11, 2016
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
Received from Rev. Floyd Rose at noon today:
As you know, people (White and Black) are marching in support of the black men who are being shot and killed by white police officers,
Continue readingand the police who were killed in Dallas. SCLC decided that we would joined our black brothers and sisters and whites of goodwill all over the country by rallying at Serenity Church, 2016 North Lee Street here in Valdosta, at 10:00 Tuesday Morning, and then motorcade to the courthouse for a march and rally. We expect a large crowd, and would like very much for you, your family and friends to join us.
SO is buying 50% of SONAT from KMI,
as multiple people have pointed out,
including someone from Southern Company.
Unfortunately SO is not just investing in existing pipelines:
this purchase is about
“specific growth opportunities”,
and yes, it’s tied to
SO’s recent purchase of AGL.
Southern Company needs to stop plugging dying 20th century fossil fuels
and get on with what it’s already started with solar power (and offshore wind).
Southern Company PR 10 July 2016, Southern Company, Kinder Morgan enter Southern Natural Gas pipeline strategic venture, Continue reading