{"id":1289,"date":"2011-11-09T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like-at-the-chamber-occupy-valdosta-14-october-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-11-09T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T14:23:00","slug":"this-is-what-democracy-looks-like-at-the-chamber-occupy-valdosta-14-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like-at-the-chamber-occupy-valdosta-14-october-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"This is what democracy looks like at the Chamber @ Occupy Valdosta 14 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"A gentle reminder to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce of\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/the-grass-roots-effort-outspent-by-a-10-to-1-margin-defeat-the-cuee-effort-by-4-to-1-jim-parker.html\">\nwhat just happened at the polls yesterday.<\/a>\n<p>\nMyrna Ballard:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6329057980\/in\/photostream\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6212\/6329057980_453acf86a7_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nI understand that you have something that you&#8217;d like to say?\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOccupy Valdosta:\n<blockquote>\nThis is what democracy looks like!\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4rsCiJuZUoY&#038;list=PL6314BF4448557703&#038;index=49&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4rsCiJuZUoY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nThis is what democracy looks like at the Chamber @ Occupy Valdosta 14 October 2011\n<br>\nWe are the 99%,\n<br>\nMarching to Occupy Valdosta, Occupy Valdosta,\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nThat&#8217;s Sam Allen, president of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Friends-of-Valdosta-City-Schools\/179833012062350\">\nFVCS<\/a> holding the front Vote No sign;\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Vote-No-For-The-Children\/233420183373881\">\nVote No for the Children<\/a> is holding another one.\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/wctv-says-occupy-valdosta-made-no-consolidation-impossible-to-ignore.html\">\nGreg Gullberg of WCTV<\/a> is standing in front of Myrna Ballard,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/walb-links-corporate-greed-to-school-consolidation-occupy-valdosta.html\">\nJade Bulecza of WALB<\/a> has a camera in the lower right,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/vdt-announces-occopy-valdosta.html\">David Rodock of the VDT<\/a>\nis standing behind Myrna Ballard in the video,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/occupy-movement-inspires-valdosta-vsu-spectator.html\">\nDesiree Thompson of the VSU Spectator<\/a> was there,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostatoday.com\/Articles\/Local-News\/Occupy-Valdosta-Marches.html\">\nValdosta Today<\/a> was there,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=80l1N_DEkjo\">\nGeorge Boston Rhynes of K.V.C.I. and bostongbr on YouTube<\/a>\nwas there,\nand LAKE was there.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A gentle reminder to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce of what just happened at the polls yesterday. Myrna Ballard: I understand that you have something that you&#8217;d like to say? Occupy Valdosta: This is what democracy looks like! 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