{"id":1085,"date":"2012-02-22T08:48:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T13:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/still-time-to-contact-vlcia-board-before-tomorrows-private-prison-decision.html"},"modified":"2012-02-22T08:48:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T13:48:57","slug":"still-time-to-contact-vlcia-board-before-tomorrows-private-prison-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/still-time-to-contact-vlcia-board-before-tomorrows-private-prison-decision.html","title":{"rendered":"Still time to contact VLCIA board before tomorrow&#8217;s private prison decision"},"content":{"rendered":"We learned yesterday from Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/staffboard.html\">\nExecutive Director Andrea Schruijer<\/a> that\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/news-about-ccas-project-excel-expected-at-thursdays-vlcia-board-meeting.html\">\nwe can expect an opinion from the VLCIA board at tomorrow&#8217;s\n2PM board meeting<\/a>\nabout Project Excel, the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/incarceration\/cca\/index.php\">\nCCA private prison<\/a>\nwhose contract\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/how-the-industrial-authority-can-stop-the-cca-private-prison-no-third-extension-by-13-march-2012-.html\">expires March 13<small><sup>th<\/sup><\/small><\/a> unless VLCIA\ngives it a third extension, which they haven&#8217;t so far.\n<p>\n<table><tr valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/localappt.php#RoyCopeland\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   title=\"Roy Copeland\" alt=\"Roy Copeland\" width=\"50\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/vlcia\/roy.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<br>\nRoy Copeland\n<br>Chairman\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/localappt.php#TomCall\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   title=\"Tom Call\" alt=\"Tom Call\" src=\"http:\/\/images.plaxo.com\/fetch_image?path=210454321661_0_629081604&#038;width=114&#038;size=114\"><\/a>\n<br>\nTom Call\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/localappt.php#MaryBGooding\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   title=\"Mary B. 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Gooding\" width=\"50\" height=\"66\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/vlcia\/mary_gooding.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<br>\nMary Gooding\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/localappt.php#NormanBennett\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   width=\"50\" height=\"70\" title=\"Norman Bennett\" alt=\"Norman Bennett\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/vlcia\/Norman.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<br>\nNorman Bennett\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/localappt.php#JerryJennett\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   title=\"Jerry Jennett\" alt=\"Jerry Jennett\" width=\"50\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/vlcia\/jerry.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<br>\nJerry Jennett,\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s not too late to express your opinion to this tax-funded (1 mil of your\nproperty taxes + SPLOST funds, for around $3 million a year) appointed board.\nFollow this link for\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/localappt.php\">\ncontact information for the VLCIA board.<\/a>\nOr <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/andrea-schruijer-executive-director-for-the-board-stop-the-cca-private-prison-aka-project-excel\">\nsign the petition online<\/a>\nand your signature gets emailed directly to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/staffboard.html\">\nVLCIA Executive Director Andrea Schruijer<\/a>.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We learned yesterday from Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA) Executive Director Andrea Schruijer that we can expect an opinion from the VLCIA board at tomorrow&#8217;s 2PM board meeting about Project Excel, the CCA private prison whose contract expires March 13th unless VLCIA gives it a third extension, which they haven&#8217;t so far. 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