{"id":1169,"date":"2012-01-19T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T19:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/complaint-1-hahira-ethics-commission-12-january-2012.html"},"modified":"2012-01-19T14:51:02","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T19:51:02","slug":"complaint-1-hahira-ethics-commission-12-january-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/complaint-1-hahira-ethics-commission-12-january-2012.html","title":{"rendered":"Complaint #1 @ Hahira Ethics Commission, 12 January 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/InM-kgE5B2c\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nHere are videos of the Hahira Ethics Commission (HEC) on 12 January 2012\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=thz7cNUrde8&#038;feature=autoplay&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;lf=plpp_play_all&#038;playnext=2\">\nconsidering\ncomplaint #1<\/a> against\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GpNAR26Ei6I&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;index=13&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nMayor Wayne Bullard:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n1.) In 2010 permission was given by Bullard to Allgreen, the mayor\u2019s\nemployer, to store Allgreen equipment on city property, 6571 Union Road\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GpNAR26Ei6I&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;index=13&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/GpNAR26Ei6I\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nDumpsite, without bringing the issue before the City Council.\n<\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xix7uiEMZJU&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;index=20&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nHEC decided<\/a> that while he shouldn&#8217;t have done it, the Hahira City Council\nalready met on that subject and he already agreed not to do it again,\nso there was nothing more for the ethics commission to do on that complaint,\nalthough the City Council could take it up again if it wanted to.\n<p>\nRegarding the other two complaints,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xEPMeIGiRUQ&#038;feature=autoplay&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;lf=plpp_play_all&#038;playnext=3\">\nat the insistence of the\ncomplainant, Clay Tilman, that he had further evidence to present,<\/a>\nCommissioner Marilyn Dye made a motion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OrNfItcYOXg&#038;feature=autoplay&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;lf=plpp_play_all&#038;playnext=4\">\nto consider the other two items in a following session.;<\/a>\nthe commission agreed to do that:\nthey&#8217;ll meet again today, 19 January 2012, at 5:30 PM.\nHere&#8217;s the VDT&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/todays-top-stories\/x1750832552\/Hahira-mayor-ethics-complaint-released\">\nwriteup on the substance of the complaints.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s the VDT&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x1929695418\/Ethics-committee-issues-decision-on-Hahira-s-mayor\">\nwriteup on the 12 Jan meeting,<\/a>\nwith\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWd73GJvmpw&#038;feature=autoplay&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;lf=plpp_play_all&#038;playnext=7\">\nthis Kafkaesque moment:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWd73GJvmpw&#038;feature=autoplay&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;lf=plpp_play_all&#038;playnext=7\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fWd73GJvmpw\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe minutes for the Feb. 14 specially called meeting are not available\nonline so Tillman continued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6MUCJYK1cOs&#038;feature=autoplay&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;lf=plpp_play_all&#038;playnext=8\">\nto read quotes<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/top-local-news\/x1248737016\/Hahiras-trash-services-discussed-at-special-meeting\">\nthe article<\/a> as Warren\nmatched them to the minutes of the meeting he possessed.\n<\/blockquote>\nThat sounds like yet another reason every elected and appointed board\nor authority should publish its minutes in a timely manner.\nHere&#8217;s another reason:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lVGXM5QCHkQ&#038;feature=autoplay&#038;list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&#038;lf=plpp_video&#038;playnext=3\">\nTillman interjected<\/a> as Stanley was stating opinion and wanted to see\nevidence that he was even at the meeting.\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd since minutes might not record somebody being in the audience,\nvideos of meetings would also be useful.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s the VDT&#8217;s writeup of\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x191089839\/Order-eluded-Hahira-Ethics-Meeting\">\nthe first HEC meeting on 5 January 2012.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11\">\na playlist<\/a> of LAKE&#8217;s videos of the 12 January 2012 HEC meeting:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLACBCCDAB2B2B6B11&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\n<br>\nComplaint #1,\n<br>\nSecond Meeting, Hahira Ethics Commission (HEC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 January 2012.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are videos of the Hahira Ethics Commission (HEC) on 12 January 2012 considering complaint #1 against Mayor Wayne Bullard: 1.) 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