{"id":1394,"date":"2011-10-14T20:23:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T00:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/marching-to-occupy-valdosta-14-october-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-10-14T20:23:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-15T00:23:57","slug":"marching-to-occupy-valdosta-14-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/marching-to-occupy-valdosta-14-october-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Marching to Occupy Valdosta 14 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157627770527323\/with\/6244428777\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6048\/6244921310_9579d91d09_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nWill someone pick up that sign?\nAs you can see in the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL6314BF4448557703\">\nplaylist, why yes, someone did!<\/a>\n<p>\nMore than 100 people (estimates ranged from 110 to 150) went\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=158482620912826\">\nMarching to Occupy Valdosta.<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6244621351\/in\/set-72157627770527323\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6220\/6244621351_33b256f6bf.jpg\"><\/a>\n<br>\n<small>\nTony Daniels and Freddie Richardson carry the Occupy Valdosta banner\n<\/small>\n<p>\nThey marched more than\nthree miles from Drexel Park to Bank of America, where they noted\nBoA got bailed out and we got left out and recommended withdrawing\nyour money.\nThen to MLK Park, where many people spoke on a variety of subjects\nranging from stand together, to make the Industrial Authority be accounted,\nto vote No on School Consolidation on November 8th,\nto if MLK was alive he would be here today,\nto marching for rights for a lifetime,\nto no private prison,\nto tax the rich,\nand and of course\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=187784824629715\">\ncome back here (MLK Park) tomorrow (Sat 15 Oct) at 11AM!<\/a>\nThen to the VDT (where the Assistant Managing Editor was surprised by a cheer) and the Chamber (where the President didn&#8217;t care for a thesaurus lesson); more on all those stops later.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL6314BF4448557703&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nMarching to Occupy Valdosta, 14 October 2011:\n<br>\nDrexel Park, Bank of America, MLK Park, VDT, Chamber of Commerce.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nVideos are still uploading, so check back later.\nI&#8217;ll also blog more about specific events along the way.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will someone pick up that sign? As you can see in the playlist, why yes, someone did! More than 100 people (estimates ranged from 110 to 150) went Marching to Occupy Valdosta. 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