{"id":1508,"date":"2011-09-14T09:45:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T13:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/ordinance-for-no-reason-not-on-the-agenda-and-not-read-to-the-public-lcc-13-september-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-09-14T09:45:26","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T13:45:26","slug":"ordinance-for-no-reason-not-on-the-agenda-and-not-read-to-the-public-lcc-13-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/ordinance-for-no-reason-not-on-the-agenda-and-not-read-to-the-public-lcc-13-september-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Ordinance for no reason, not on the agenda, and not read to the public @ LCC 13 September 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=go5pKWC41aE\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/go5pKWC41aE\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThis is what the Lowndes County Commission wasted tax dollars on\nyesterday evening: an ordinance not on the agenda, not read to the public,\nstill not <a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/content.asp?pid=23&#038;id=223\">\non the county&#8217;s online list of ordinances<\/a>, and for no stated purpose.\nWe can guess from Commissioner Raines&#8217; remarks that it has something\nto do with videoing and photographing.\nMaybe it has something to do with the previous day&#8217;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/photographers-to-the-back-of-the-room-ashley-paulk-lcc-12-september-2011.html\">\noutburst by Ashley Paulk aimed at a specific individual.<\/a>\nWho knows?\nNone of the public who came to that meeting know.\nThat&#8217;s what passes for transparent government in Lowndes County, Georgia.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=go5pKWC41aE\">\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\/go5pKWC41aE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nOrdinance for no reason, not on the agenda, and not read to the public @ LCC 13 September 2011\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 13 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":"This is what the Lowndes County Commission wasted tax dollars on yesterday evening: an ordinance not on the agenda, not read to the public, still not on the county&#8217;s online list of ordinances, and for no stated purpose. 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