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Videos: Animals, Juveniles, Golf Course, Subdivision infrastructure, solid waste, and alcohol @ LCC Regular 2023-04-25

The Lowndes County Commission breezed through approving everything unanimously
two weeks ago.

There was some further discussion in

Reports
about

the county taking over management of the Moody AFB golf course
and some other items.


[Collage @ LCC 25 April 2023]

Collage @ LCC 25 April 2023

Then in Citizens Willing to Be Heard, Veterinarian Dr. Amanda Hall spoke

about changes in state law regarding animal control,
including about what counts as a breeder.
And it is now unlawful to tether animals during inclement weather
or mental distress, but that is not being enforced.
She recommended Lowndes County revise its local animal control ordinance
to be in line with the noise ordinance.

She recently learned the county was budgeting $7 million for a new animal shelter.
She said there was much lower hanging fruit than that,
such as updating the ordinance to use ideas that work elsewhere.

Below are links to each LAKE video of each agenda item,
with a few notes by Gretchen Quarterman,
followed by a LAKE video playlist.

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Animals and humans @ LCDP 2015-12-07

The county government is less clear about animals than it asks citizens to be.
Tonight the Lowndes County Democratic Party is doing what the county has never done: holding a public forum on animal rights.
Apparently there are some human rights involved, too, given recent allegations of a deputy with gun drawn and arson.

Last month two more citizens complained to the Lowndes County Commission about
treatment of dogs, including



about three dogs that may not have shelter
and
barking dogs and apparent retaliation through arson.
That second speaker, as he said, had

already spoken up back in June about animal control taking his grandson’s dog out of a kennel, yet he said when he complained about a barking dog a deputy came out with gun drawn to demand he come out of his house “like a common criminal”.
At the time the Chairman asked citizens to be “clear and direct”.

Yet it’s not clear what the county has done about any of this,
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