Tag Archives: Valdosta City Council

Final qualifying for November elections

Four Three contenders for Valdosta City Council District 2, none of them incumbent Deidra White.


Alvin Payton drew one challenger for District 4,
and Robert Yost drew two challengers for District 6.
Two out of three Valdosta School Board seats up for election are contested.
And we’re up to four contenders for Mayor of Hahira.
Plus 5 for the 4 Lake Park At Large seats,
and just 3 for the 3 Remerton seats.
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Lowndes
County Board of Elections

2808
N. Oak St. P.O. Box 10130
Valdosta, Georgia 31604

Telephone:
(229) 671-2850, Fax: (229) 333-5199

Email:
elections@lowndescounty.com

QUALIFYING

November
5, 2013 – Municipal Election

*
Individuals qualifying on Friday, August 30th are listed
in blue *

City
of Valdosta

City
Council District 2

Sandra
J. Tooley – 350 South St., Valdosta, GA 31601

(229)
834-0979, (229) 247-3307

ms2ly@bellsouth.net

John
Hogan – 601 Lake Park Rd., Valdosta, GA 31601

(229)
247-8294, (229) 560-0084

hogantransport@gmail.com

*Calvin
Graham, Sr. – 1701 Dedo Dr., Valdosta, GA 31601

(229)
247-6925

grah3219@bellsouth.net

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Qualifying through today (29 Aug 2013) for November elections

Hahira now has three contenders for Allen Cain’s former District 2 City Council
place;

 he and District 4 Rose Adams are running for Mayor against incumbent Wayne Bullard.
Four contenders now for four Lake Park At Large City Council places,
and two for three in Remerton.
Incumbent Deidra White has still not qualified for Valdosta City Council
District 2, although two other people have.
Tomorrow’s the last day to qualify.
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Lowndes
County Board of Elections

2808
N. Oak St. P.O. Box 10130
Valdosta, Georgia 31604

Telephone:
(229) 671-2850, Fax: (229) 333-5199

Email:
elections@lowndescounty.com

QUALIFYING

November
5, 2013 – Municipal Election

*
Individuals qualifying on Thursday, August 29th are listed
in blue *

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Qualifying through yesterday (28 Aug 2013) for November elections

All three Valdosta City Council races are contested now!


In Hahira, two contenders and the incumbent for Mayor,
a new candidate for Hahira District 4, and two for District 2,
both vacated by former incumbents now running for Mayor.
Still not enough candidates in Lake Park and nobody in Remerton.
Received yesterday evening.
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Lowndes County Board of Elections

2808
N. Oak St. P.O. Box 10130
Valdosta, Georgia 31604

Telephone:
(229) 671-2850, Fax: (229) 333-5199

Email:
elections@lowndescounty.com

QUALIFYING

November
5, 2013 – Municipal Election

*
Individuals qualifying on Wednesday, August 28th are
listed in blue *

City
of Valdosta

City
Council District 2

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Qualifying through yesterday for November elections

Received yesterday evening. Contested mayoral election in Hahira and not in Lake Park, so far.
Also one contested Valdosta school board seat, but none for Valdosta City Council so far.
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Lowndes
County Board of Elections

2808
N. Oak St. P.O. Box 10130
Valdosta, Georgia 31604

Telephone:
(229) 671-2850, Fax: (229) 333-5199

Email:
elections@lowndescounty.com

QUALIFYING

November
5, 2013 – Municipal Election

AUGUST
26, 2013

City
of Valdosta

City
Council District 2

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UHS Pruitt * 2 and Teramore * 2 @ GLPC 2013-08-26

Two Valdosta cases, both for health care company

UHS Pruitt,
and two Hahira cases, both for
real estate developer

Teramore Development,
at the Greater Lowndes Planning Commission tonight.

Here’s the
agenda.

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA

Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue

Monday, August 26, 2013* 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

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Expansion of Azalea City Trail for bicycles

More bicycling soon in Valdosta.
Still no

map of Azalea City Trail on Valdosta’s website that I can find.
The picture of bicyclers comes from Parks and Rec.
Heads-up by Corey Hull of VLPRA.

Valdosta PR 1 August 2013,

Portion of Williams Street Closed for Improvements and Expansion of Azalea Trail,



On Monday, August 5, the City of Valdosta will begin construction on
the Williams Street Improvements Project. The project, which spans
from Ashley Street to Park Avenue, will include the reconstruction
of the Williams Street centerline, new curbs and gutters at various
locations, minor storm drainage repairs and a new asphalt surface.

The project also features the construction of a 10-foot wide
sidewalk that will tie into the existing 2.7 mile Azalea Trail,
which currently stretches from the Vallotton Youth Complex to the
Craig Center on Gordon Street. This multi-purpose trail will soon
after be extended to Woodrow Wilson Drive, providing additional
recreational opportunities and a safe route for citizens traveling
to the South Georgia Regional Library.


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2013 Southern Hospitality Workcamp was a huge success –Tim Carroll

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All,

I want to share some good news from our recent Mayor Council public
hearing —

The 2013 Southern Hospitality Workcamp was a huge success. This
program, now in its’ 8th year brought 212 young
“campers” from around the country into our community.



They made badly needed repairs to 18 owner occupied homes. This
brings the total number of homes repaired to 275. Lowes RDC once
again stepped up and provided all the materials for which we are
truly grateful.

The value of the labor and materials now is in excess of $1.5M. I
also want to say thank you to the Valdosta City School system for
once again opening up Valdosta Middle to house the campers during
their stay.

The joy I witnessed in these home owners faces was especially
touching. The hard work of Continue reading →

Flooding again at Valdosta’s Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant

Third major spill this year, after

March by Valdosta


and

April by Lowndes County.
Or did I forget some?
Lookout, Florida!

Eames Yates wrote for WCTV today,

Nearly Eight Million Gallons Of Raw Sewage… Straight Into Area River,

Almost eight million gallons of raw sewage flooded here at the plant
and made it’s way directly into the Withlacoochee River. Which is
about a half mile away. Which makes the city’s plans to relocate
this plant all the more relevant.

Since the beginning of this year more than Continue reading →

Community Assessment Group and Internet access @ LCC 2013-07-22

Valdosta Mayor Gayle was standing next to the video ghetto
after the county’s rather rudimentary SPLOST VII presentation
Monday morning, so I asked him why I hadn’t seen anything about Internet
access either Valdosta’s or Lowndes County’s SPLOST lists?
He said that was because it was being handled by the Community Assessment Group (CAG).
What’s that?



Mayor Gayle said CAG is a group of representatives from the county
and all the local cities, the two school districts (Valdosta and Lowndes County),
VSU, Wiregrass Tech, the Industrial Authority, the Chamber, and he may have
said others.
It’s an attempt at better local cooperation, specifically about issues
that cross all the various local governmental and non-governmental groups.
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Valdosta and Army Corps of Engineers in Flood Risk Management Study

First public update since

May:
Valdosta has had several recent meetings with other governmental groups
and has agreed to co-fund a flooding study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

WCTV has also

picked up
Valdosta PR 23 July 2013,

City Enters Agreement with USACE for Flood Risk Management Study,



The City of Valdosta hosted a Regional Flood Preparedness meeting
with the Georgia Silver Jackets on June 25—a continuation of
discussions that began earlier in the year focused on regional
interests and on maximizing area resources.

Representatives from the cities of Moultrie, Sylvester, Tifton and
Valdosta and from the counties of Lowndes and Turner attended the
meeting to discuss current and future flood monitoring and
forecasting issues throughout the Little River and Withlacoochee
River watersheds. These two watersheds are part of the overall
Suwannee Basin that is approximately 10,000 square miles in Georgia
and Florida.

Among other information shared, Continue reading →