{"id":1458,"date":"2011-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/chip-grant-twice-ashley-paulk-broke-the-tie-lcc-27-september-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-10-01T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T13:00:00","slug":"chip-grant-twice-ashley-paulk-broke-the-tie-lcc-27-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/chip-grant-twice-ashley-paulk-broke-the-tie-lcc-27-september-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"CHIP Grant: Twice Ashley Paulk Broke the Tie @ LCC 27 September 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTG_6l8tfyM\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OTG_6l8tfyM\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nTwice Tuesday Ashley Paulk broke a tie to vote for assistance state-funded\nassistance for poor people for affordable housing.\nJoyce Evans made the motion, Crawford Powell said nothing,\nRichard Raines was absent, and Paulk seconded and broke the tie for.\n<p>\nTuesday the Lowndes County Commission considered a routine acceptance of a\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hud.gov\/nofa\/suprnofa\/sprprt2b.cfm\">\nCommunity HOME Investment Program (CHIP)<\/a>\ngrant.\nThe previous morning at the work session, Commissioner Raines had\n(according to the VDT) said he was against it.\n(This is the same Richard Raines who thought\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/noaa-weather-radios-wasteful-spending-richard-raines.html\">\nNOAA Weather Radios were &#8220;wasteful spending&#8221; back in March<\/a>.)\nHowever, Raines was not at the regular session Tuesday;\npresumably he was on one of his many sales trips.\nTwice, Commissioner Evans made a motion related to CHIP,\nand Commissioner Powell did nothing.\nTwice, Chairman Paulk exercised his privilege in such a case\nand broke the tie, seconding and voting for the CHIP grant.\n<p>\nThe first CHIP vote was\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTG_6l8tfyM\">\n9.a. Resolution of Intent to Submit a 2012 CHIP Grant Application and Commitment Letter<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OTG_6l8tfyM\">\nPart 1 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\/OTG_6l8tfyM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nCHIP Grant: Twice Ashley Paulk Broke the Tie @ LCC 27 September 2011 Part 1 of 2:\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 September 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJkUQHPf6Dw\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/hJkUQHPf6Dw\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe second CHIP vote was\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJkUQHPf6Dw\">\n10.c. 2012 CHIP Grant \u2014 Professional Services Contract with Varnadoe &#038; Associates, Inc.<\/a>\nCommissioner Evans asked if the contract had been put out for open bid.\nCounty Manager Pritchard appeared never to have thought of that,\nbut made some sort of assurance.\n(If you can&#8217;t hear what, thank the commissioners for\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/news-so-good-theres-a-law-against-it.html\">the award they gave LAKE<\/a>.)\nOnce again, Commissioner Evans made the motion,\nCommissioner Powell said nothing,\nand Chairman Paulk seconded and Evans and Paulk voted for the motion.\n<p>\nCommissioner Powell a few minutes earlier did make a motion\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/commission-votes-to-subsidize-saddle-club.html\">\nto renew a contract to rent county land to a saddle club for an arena<\/a>.\nOne could interpret that as county assistance (location and price: $100\/year)\nto comparatively more well-off horse owners.\nBut he could not bring himself to say a word about the CHIP grant,\nwhich assists comparatively less-affluent people.\n<p>\nFour citizens stood up in Citizens Wishing to Be Heard and spoke about CHIP:\ntwo for, and two against.\nVideo of that will follow.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s the Georgia Department of Community Affairs\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dca.ga.gov\/housing\/housingdevelopment\/programs\/homeinvestment.asp\">\nwriteup about CHIP:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nThe Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP) uses a portion of DCA&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dca.ga.gov\/housing\/housingdevelopment\/programs\/homeinvestment.asp\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.dca.ga.gov\/DCAImages\/HOUS\/pho_13.jpg\"><\/a>\nHOME funds to assist local governments, nonprofit organizations and\npublic housing authorities to address the needs of affordable housing\ndevelopment in their communities.  CHIP funds may be used to provide\ndown payment assistance or homeowner rehabilitation funding to eligible\nlow- and low-moderate income households. Eligible communities are those\noutside of a HUD-designated Partipating Jurisdiction as defined by the\nHOME Program.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJkUQHPf6Dw\">\nPart 2 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\/hJkUQHPf6Dw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nCHIP Grant: Twice Ashley Paulk Broke the Tie @ LCC 27 September 2011 Part 2 of 2:\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 September 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":"Twice Tuesday Ashley Paulk broke a tie to vote for assistance state-funded assistance for poor people for affordable housing. 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