{"id":1295,"date":"2011-11-08T16:25:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T21:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/taxation-without-representation-john-s-quarterman-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-11-08T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T21:25:19","slug":"taxation-without-representation-john-s-quarterman-lcboe-4-oct-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/taxation-without-representation-john-s-quarterman-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Taxation without Representation &mdash;John S. Quarterman @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8I5Xhrm5UDg&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=23&#038;feature=plpp_video\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8I5Xhrm5UDg\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nAs my mother, who used to teach at Pine Grove Elementary School (not a High School at that time), used to say, it takes a big man to admit it when he&#8217;s wrong,\nand <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/consolidation-was-about-economic-development-fred-wetherington-lcboe-4-oct-2011.html\">\nFred Wetherington is a big man<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nbecause he thought it was a good idea.\nHe looked at the evidence; he looked at the research;\nand determined it was not a good idea.\n<p>\nI look forward to the members of CUEE standing up and being big men and women\nbecause the research, their own research, and the research that\nwe&#8217;ve heard tonight,\nthe research from Tennessee, and the research from Troup County:\nconsolidation is not a good idea.\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd I&#8217;m still waiting for some CUEE big men or women&#8230;.\n<p>\nAnyway, my question:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nAnd one reason that it&#8217;s not a good idea that we&#8217;ve heard tonight is that\n&#8230; taxes for people in the county will go up.\nFor people in the city too, but\nparticularly for people in the county outside Valdosta who do not get\nto vote on the referendum:\nIs that not taxation without representation?\n<\/blockquote>\nSupt. Smith responded:\n<blockquote>\nMr. Quarterman, in my opinion it is.\nI&#8217;ve used that analogy before.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe used it again in his op-ed in the VDT the other day.\n<p>\nSo if you live in the county and you don&#8217;t want your taxes going up\nfor no benefit to you or to the children of this county,\nthere are still a few hours to get your friends in Valdosta down\nto the polls to vote No school consolidation.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8I5Xhrm5UDg&#038;list=PL251373485138A2AA&#038;index=23&#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\/8I5Xhrm5UDg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nTaxation without Representation &mdash;John S. Quarterman @ LCBOE 4 Oct 2011\n<br>\nWhy we oppose consolidation,\n<br>\nCommunity Forum, Lowndes County Board of Education (LCBOE),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As my mother, who used to teach at Pine Grove Elementary School (not a High School at that time), used to say, it takes a big man to admit it when he&#8217;s wrong, and Fred Wetherington is a big man because he thought it was a good idea. 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