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County rehab center vote invalid –Valdosta Daily Times 2022-09-12

Update 2022-09-13:
GA Forestry, $3 million, redoing 2 rezonings, 3 extraterritorial water and sewer @ LCC 2022-09-12.

The newspaper of record reported on the unusual redo of a zoning decision by the Lowndes County Commission, noting the Commissioners did not follow the law in at least two ways.

But it did not say who discovered those infractions: the County Attorney? The County Planner? The Chairman who cast the tie-breaking vote? Somebody who sued or threatened to sue?

Want to dig into that question, VDT?

Meanwhile, the Commission will proceed with correcting its infractions in three agenda items this evening.


7.b. REZ-2022-10 The Campus Transitional Care Facility, 2193 Howell Rd

7.b. REZ-2022-10 The Campus Transitional Care Facility, 2193 Howell Rd

LAKE Video of the erroneous hearing and vote on June 16, 2022.

Malia Thomas, Valdosta Daily Times, September 12, 2022,

County rehab center vote invalid
,

VALDOSTA — The Lowndes County Commission will have to revisit
a controversial rezoning decision in light of a discovery that the
original vote was invalid due to a “failure to follow zoning
procedures.”

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Unanswered Concerns about the Biomass Plant

I’m quoting myself here, responding to
Brad Lofton’s letter of 19 Sepember 2010.

-jsq

From: “John S. Quarterman”

To: <blofton@industrialauthority.com>, Leigh Touchton

Cc: [VDT and several elected officials; list available upon request]

Subject: Re: Brad Lofton, Executive Director Industrial Authority, doesn’t want his correpondence in the Valdosta Daily Times

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:08:17 -0400

Brad Lofton,

Leigh Touchton has forwarded me copies of the correspondence between
you on behalf of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)
with her and the VDT.

I must say I don’t agree with your assertion that:

“The vast majority of her concerns for our project would have
been answered two years ago if she had come to any of our forums…”

Here are some examples of unanswered concerns.

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