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Citizens are entitled to hear where their elected officials stand —Leigh Touchton

This comment from Leigh Touchton came in today on
“Because it would be monitored. -jsq



Two weeks ago I delivered the official NAACP letter to all City Council
members (and Mayor Fretti) asking for a written response as to their
position on biomass and selling reclaimed water to the Wiregrass, LLC,
proposed incinerator.

No response. Not one.

I have heard that at least two Council members refuse to do so because
“it might be used against them.”

Citizens are entitled to hear where their elected officials stand on
these issues. At least Councilmen Vickers, Wright, and Yost have stated
publicly that they support biomass, even though black infants are already
dying in Valdosta at a rate twice as high as white infants. According
to Mr. Wright,

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To Speak or Not To Speak @ VCC 21 April 2011



Can Council members answer in Citizens to Be Heard,
or can’t they?
One did; another says she can’t.

In Council Comments at the end of the
21 April 2011
Valdosta City Council meeting,
Sonny Vickers talked about bids.

Then Deidra White said she would attend any meeting
where she could hear and reply to citizens’ concerns,
but she can can’t say anything about Citizens
to be Heard because there’s a Council policy.

That’s interesting, considering that in the previous
Valdosta City Council meeting, in Citizens to be Heard,

Council Sonny Vickers responded to Dr. Mark George saying
that he had already told everyone that he was for the biomass plant.
Does this mean that Council supporters
of the biomass plant can speak

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