{"id":1129,"date":"2012-02-03T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T19:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/who-are-the-local-leadership-who-approved-ccas-private-prison.html"},"modified":"2012-02-03T14:29:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T19:29:01","slug":"who-are-the-local-leadership-who-approved-ccas-private-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/who-are-the-local-leadership-who-approved-ccas-private-prison.html","title":{"rendered":"Who are the &#8220;local leadership&#8221; who approved CCA&#8217;s private prison?"},"content":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re even quieter about it than the Industrial Authority,\nbut the Valdosta City and Lowndes County governments are in the\nprivate prison deal just as deep.\n<p>\nJay Hollis, CCA&#8217;s Manager of Site Acquisition, in his\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/incarceration\/cca\/Valdosta-Lowndes%20Prepared%20Remarks%208-12-10.html\">\nValdosta-Lowndes County, GA \/ CCA Partnership: Prepared Remarks<\/a>\nof August 2010, wrote:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/jay-hollis\/16\/ba6\/638\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/m3.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/shrink_100_100\/p\/3\/000\/116\/322\/0741349.jpg\"><\/a>\nOur Valdosta\/Lowndes County site quickly became our primary due to its\nlocal and regional workforce, collaboration of local leadership, site\ncharacteristics, proximity to necessary services and infrastructure,\nand accessibility to name a few.\n<\/blockquote>\nSo who is this local leadership?\n<blockquote>\nWe look forward to working closely with Valdosta\/Lowndes leadership as we move forward in the months to come.\n<p>\nFinally, I&#8217;d like to take a moment to recognize a few folks that have been essential to the project:\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\nState Level\n<ul>\n<li>\nAndrew Neumann, Georgia Economic Development\n<li>\nBradley Harris, Statewide EMC\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.industrialauthority.com\/index.php\/staffboard.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5265\/5651421249_105cc28f3e_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nIndustrial Authority\n<ul>\n<li>\nBrad Lofton, Executive Director\n<li>\nAllan Ricketts, Project Manager\n<li>\nThe Industrial Authority Board\n<\/ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/content.asp?pid=22\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5252\/5553444424_0f3c4b60f1_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nCounty\n<ul>\n<li>\nAshley Paulk, Chairman, Lowndes County Board\n<li>\nLowndes County Board of Commissioners\n<li>\nJoe Pritchard, County Manager\n<\/ul>\n<li>\nCity\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=3\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/media_content\/m-7182.jpg\"><\/a>\nJohn Fretti, Mayor\n<li>\nCity Council\n<li>\nLarry Hanson, City Manager\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\nIt&#8217;s not just the Industrial Authority that wants to saddle\nus with this white elephant of a private prison.\nIt&#8217;s the entire Lowndes County Commission and Valdosta City Council,\nplus the County Manager and the City Manager!\n<p>\nCuriously, none of the smaller municipalities are mentioned.\nDid anybody ask the local governments of\nDasher, Hahira, Lake Park, and Remerton what they thought about this plan?\n<p>\nDid anybody ask the people of any of the municipalities or of Lowndes County or the surrounding counties?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re even quieter about it than the Industrial Authority, but the Valdosta City and Lowndes County governments are in the private prison deal just as deep. 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