{"id":1535,"date":"2011-09-08T09:32:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/first-thing-theyll-do-is-sell-that-stadium-vboe-29-august-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-09-08T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T13:32:31","slug":"first-thing-theyll-do-is-sell-that-stadium-vboe-29-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/first-thing-theyll-do-is-sell-that-stadium-vboe-29-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"First thing they&#8217;ll do, is sell that stadium &mdash;? @ VBOE 29 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZpRzhfM5zjE&#038;list=PL14FD60BF813522B8&#038;index=28\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0ldurB-nX7w\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThis is the clearest statement of the football argument I&#8217;ve heard.\nThis is the same speaker who already mentioned\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it-vboe-29-august-2011.html\">\nquality of education, property taxes, and property values,<\/a>\nso this is just one argument among many.\nThe speaker is associated with FVCS, and if I went to VHS,\nI&#8217;d know his name right away; I&#8217;m an LHS graduate.\n<blockquote>\nThe first thing they&#8217;ll do is sell that stadium.\nThey&#8217;d be crazy not to do&#8230;.\nThey&#8217;re not going to pay upkeep on two stadiums.\nLook at Tallahassee, Macon: all the schools play at one stadium&#8230;.\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<p>\nDon&#8217;t let those people run the show.\nDon&#8217;t let them take the power away from us.\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<p>\nIf one day it makes good economic sense for y&#8217;all to\nmake the decision to sell that property to Valdosta State\nand build another stadium and we can come out ahead,\nI think that&#8217;s a great idea.\n<p>\nLike my granddaddy said, if it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it.\n<\/blockquote>\nBy &#8220;those people&#8221; I don&#8217;t think he means the Lowndes County Board\nof Education; I think he was referring to CUEE.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZpRzhfM5zjE&#038;list=PL14FD60BF813522B8&#038;index=28\">\nthe video:<\/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\/ZpRzhfM5zjE&#038;list=PL14FD60BF813522B8&#038;index=28\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nFirst thing they&#8217;ll do, is sell that stadium @ VBOE 29 August 2011\n<br>\neducation, referendum, consolidation, statement,\n<br>\nWork Session, Valdosta Board of Education (VBOE),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 29 August 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. 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