{"id":1356,"date":"2011-10-23T15:48:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/occupy-the-voting-booth-vote-no-for-consolidation-march-22-october-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-10-23T15:48:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T19:48:09","slug":"occupy-the-voting-booth-vote-no-for-consolidation-march-22-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/occupy-the-voting-booth-vote-no-for-consolidation-march-22-october-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Occupy the Voting Booth @ Vote No for Consolidation March 22 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6273085155\/in\/set-72157627959347686\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6227\/6273085155_b56069a087_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThere was quite a bit of overlap between Marching to Occupy Valdosta\nand the Vote No March.\nGretchen&#8217;s sign says Occupy the Voting Booth.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3zK76FZA6-c&#038;list=PL07138119AACA54BC&#038;index=4\">\nPart 1 of 2:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3zK76FZA6-c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nOccupy the Voting Booth @ Vote No for Consolidation March 22 October 2011 Part 1 of 2:\n<br>\nNo school consolidation,\n<br>\nVote No for Consolidation March, Friends of Valdosta City Schools (FVCS),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6273074575\/in\/set-72157627959347686\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6215\/6273074575_5850fa98af_m.jpg\">\nAmber Smith,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsuspectator.com\/2011\/10\/20\/occupy-valdosta-exceeds-participant\u2019s-expectations\/\">\nintrepid subjective VSU Spectator reporter<\/a>,\nwrote LHS Alum Against Consolidation.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere Amber, Bobbi Anne Hancock, LHS student Nathan Wilkins,\nand VSU professor Karen Noll all march together.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6273112175\/in\/set-72157627959347686\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6237\/6273112175_26163ceaeb_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThey all Marched to Occupy Valdosta.\n(Erin was in Atlanta, and Austin and others were out of town due to\nVSU&#8217;s Fall Break.)\nDoubtless there were others; nobody tried to take a head count of the crossover.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xrAYOjs9_cw&#038;list=PL07138119AACA54BC&#038;index=8\">\nPart 2 of 2:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xrAYOjs9_cw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nOccupy the Voting Booth @ Vote No for Consolidation March 22 October 2011 Part 2 of 2:\n<br>\nNo school consolidation,\n<br>\nVote No for Consolidation March, Friends of Valdosta City Schools (FVCS),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. 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