{"id":1267,"date":"2011-11-15T16:21:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/repealing-the-1928-ga-school-consolidation-law.html"},"modified":"2011-11-15T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T21:21:03","slug":"repealing-the-1928-ga-school-consolidation-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/repealing-the-1928-ga-school-consolidation-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Repealing the 1928 GA School Consolidation Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Received today. -jsq<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6273118175\/in\/photostream\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6216\/6273118175_cc5ebe6203_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nFrom:    JC Cunningham<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDate:    Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:01:26 -0800 (PST)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSubject: Fw: The Repeal of Ga. Law on School Consolidation<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTo: [many people]<\/p>\n<p>\nFriends,<\/p>\n<p>\nEven though we the Citizens of Valdosta have spoken and defeated that<br \/>\nhostile takeover, this is not the time to let up.  We all must stay a<br \/>\nvigilant as possible and never let anything like this happen again.<\/p>\n<p>\nOne way in which everyone in Valdosta and Lowndes can make a impact is<br \/>\nto write a letter to Amy Carter, Admin. Floor Leader to the Governor,<br \/>\nand ask for her to introduce a bill to repeal the old 1928 law that<br \/>\nCuee was able to use.<\/p>\n<p>\nRemind Amy that she has an obligation to bring this bill to the floor.<br \/>\nRemind her that the people\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nDemocrats, Republicans, Tea Party Members,<br \/>\nBlacks, Whites, Rich and the Poor, from Lowndes and Valdosta came out<br \/>\nand voiced their displeasure and concern with the way that the old<br \/>\nlaw was used to divide a community.  Tell the whole community wants a<br \/>\nsay so in the matters of School Consolidation, not just the City.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/fvcs-community-event-530-pm-15-november-2011-mlk-monument.html\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6054\/6273664356_893420f83c_m.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nRemind her that she is up for re-election next year and we won&#8217;t forget<br \/>\nher if she fails to listen to the will of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\nThanks, and I hope to see you all<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/fvcs-community-event-530-pm-15-november-2011-mlk-monument.html\"><br \/>\nat the MLK Monument at 5:30 today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nJC Cunningham<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/state.php#carterAmy\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/php\/include\/govt\/carterAmy.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nPlease forward your letters to:<\/p>\n<p>\nAmy A. Carter<br \/>\n<br \/>\nState Representative District 175<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAdministration Floor Leader<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPO Box 4930<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, GA 31604-4930<br \/>\n<br \/>\n(229) 245-2733<\/p>\n<p>\nI also attached<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/nge\/Article.jsp?id=h-1397\"><br \/>\nsome information of how legislation in introduced<\/a> in<br \/>\nthe Ga. General Assembly\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Repealing that 1928 law will leave<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/07\/the-qualified-voters-voting-thereon-in-each-separate-school-system-proposed-to-be-consolidated-ga-constitution.html\">the provisions in the later Georgia Constitution<\/a><br \/>\nas the way to consolidate school districts, and the GA Constitution<br \/>\nrequires citizens in all affected school districts to have a chance<br \/>\nto vote.<br \/>\nThat would prevent any further attempts at<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/taxation-without-representation-john-s-quarterman-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html\">taxation without representation.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Received today. -jsq From: JC Cunningham Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:01:26 -0800 (PST) Subject: Fw: The Repeal of Ga. Law on School Consolidation To: [many people] Friends, Even though we the Citizens of Valdosta have spoken and defeated that hostile takeover, this is not the time to let up. We all must stay a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,40,1376,14,15,49,3305,3403,8,2,19,20,1867],"tags":[1231,1636,3404,8705,1484,8701,8710,7,1486,3414,2877,3415,1635,6],"class_list":["post-1267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-community","category-cuee","category-economy","category-education","category-elections","category-fvcs","category-fvcs-15-november-2011","category-georgia","category-government","category-history","category-law","category-mlk","tag-amy-carter","tag-consolidation","tag-constitution","tag-education","tag-election","tag-georgia","tag-law","tag-lowndes-county","tag-referendum","tag-representation","tag-school","tag-taxation","tag-unification","tag-valdosta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}