{"id":1235,"date":"2011-12-03T08:13:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T13:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/jerome-tucker-honored-at-civic-roundtable.html"},"modified":"2011-12-03T08:13:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T13:13:54","slug":"jerome-tucker-honored-at-civic-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/jerome-tucker-honored-at-civic-roundtable.html","title":{"rendered":"Jerome Tucker honored at Civic Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"The Civic Roundtable honored Jerome Tucker for some of\nthe many things he has done for Lowndes County and south Georgia.\nAnd as usual he hit the nail on the head.\n<p>\nDawn Castro\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x910012749\/Civic-Roundtable-honors-Jerome-Tucker\">\nwrote for the VDT yesterday:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x910012749\/Civic-Roundtable-honors-Jerome-Tucker\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/archive\/x910012738\/g0a0000000000000000a1937f126da9297ad06b3d107b82893dac21bd72.jpg\"><\/a>\n\u201cWe do have one of the best communities,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cThe toughest\npart of me standing before you is knowing how much better we could be\nif all the little groups would work together.\u201d\n<\/blockquote>\nHe also said:\n<blockquote>\n&ldquo;I am still blessed to have my dad with me,&rdquo; Tucker began. &ldquo;He\nalways asks me, \u2018Where have you been?&#8217; and \u2018Did you do any good?&#8217;\n<\/blockquote>\nHere are a few good things Jerome Tucker has done recently:\n\n<!--more-->\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/opportunities-from-solar-power-jerome-tucker-and-mage-solar-at-lhs-29-march-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/hManoW3Wdgg\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/opportunities-from-solar-power-jerome-tucker-and-mage-solar-at-lhs-29-march-2011.html\">\nOpportunities from solar power \u2014Jerome Tucker and MAGE SOLAR at LHS, 29 March 2011<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nJerome Tucker explained that there are jobs to be developed in south\nGeorgia for solar power, in distribution, installation, and related\nindustry.\n<\/blockquote>\n<li>\nThen Jerome Tucker helped form the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/renewable-energy-network-at-opportunity-central.html\">\nRenewable Energy Network at Opportunity Central<\/a>.\n<li>\nIf you ever need a model of how to give a speech, there&#8217;s this one by\nJerome Tucker at the October LCBOE forum on school consolidation:\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/i-have-never-never-been-asked-whether-ive-got-one-system-or-two-jerome-tucker.html\">\nI have never, never, been asked whether I&#8217;ve got one system or two<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/how-will-you-know-whats-going-on-in-school-if-you-dont-go-in-jerome-tucker-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TyIqlzlOSVo\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/how-will-you-know-whats-going-on-in-school-if-you-dont-go-in-jerome-tucker-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html\">\nHow will you know what&#8217;s going on in school if you don&#8217;t go in?<\/a>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/people-who-look-like-you-or-people-to-do-a-job-jerome-tucker-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html\">\nPeople who look like you or people to do a job?<\/a>\n<\/ul>\nThat was the best speech I&#8217;ve ever heard around here:\nthe voice of experience, with facts at his command and fire in the belly.\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/videos-of-last-nights-valdosta-school-forum-by-george-rhynes.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6163\/6170231917_96730e36f3_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nBefore that he&#8217;d summed it up at a VBOE forum in one question:\n<blockquote>\nWhat makes the Chamber of Commerce better qualified than professional educators?\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/ul>\nSchool consolidation may be ancient history soon, and Jerome Tucker did\nmore than his part to make that happen.\n<p>\nMaybe now we can move on and get all the little groups to work together.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Civic Roundtable honored Jerome Tucker for some of the many things he has done for Lowndes County and south Georgia. 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