{"id":13963,"date":"2015-08-12T05:44:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T09:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13963"},"modified":"2015-08-12T05:47:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T09:47:20","slug":"9-40-for-a-mound-of-paper-lcc-2015-08-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/9-40-for-a-mound-of-paper-lcc-2015-08-10.html","title":{"rendered":"$9.40 for a mound of paper @ LCC 2015-08-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nGretchen made an Open Records request Monday morning and\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-08-11--Commission-Packet\/#Available-430-PM-they-close-at-5PM-Commission-voted-530-PM\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-08-11--Commission-Packet\/small\/IMG_1610.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nit was available Tuesday 4:37 PM: mostly on paper and less than\r\nan hour before the Commission voted.\r\n<p>\r\nThe rezoning material from the Planning office was sent by electronic mail.\r\nThe rest cost $9.40 to retrieve on paper.\r\nNevermind in the email earlier Tuesday of the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/got-one-lowndes-county-ordinance-nuisance-abatement-after-five-years-asking-lcc-2015-08-10.html\">\r\nold ordinance from 1992<\/a> the county staff demonstrated they can\r\nput a paper document on their copier and produce a PDF.\r\nThey could have done that with the rest of the board packet.\r\nWhy didn&#8217;t they?\r\n<p>\r\nThe Work Session was\r\n\r\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/videos-unknown-ordinance-numerous-emergencies-small-rezoning-and-alcohol-lcc-2015-08-10.html\">\r\nMonday morning at 8:30 AM 10 Aug 2015<\/a>.\r\nGretchen was notified by telephone about 4:30 PM Tuesday 11 Aug 2015.\r\nThe County Palace closes at 5PM.\r\nThe Commission met at 5:30 PM Tuesday to vote.\r\nSo none<!--more--> of the public got to see most of this board packet.\r\n<p>\r\nIs there some reason the board packets can&#8217;t be put on the county&#8217;s own\r\nwebsite?\r\nRemember, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/if-effingham-county-can-do-it-why-not-lowndes.html\">Effingham County, GA<\/a>, half the size of Lowndes, can do it, so Lowndes can do it if it wants to.\r\nShould we wonder what the Lowndes County Commission is hiding?\r\n<p>\r\nMeanwhile, the parts of this board packet that were received by email\r\nat 4:37 PM Tuesday 11 August 2015 are\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-08-11--Commission-Packet\/\">\r\non the LAKE website<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nWe&#8217;ll also do what the county staff didn&#8217;t:\r\nturn the mound of paper into electronic format and post that.\r\n<p>\r\n-jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gretchen made an Open Records request Monday morning and it was available Tuesday 4:37 PM: mostly on paper and less than an hour before the Commission voted. 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