{"id":1564,"date":"2011-08-31T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/the-most-damaging-useless-thing-craig-cardell-vboe-29-august-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-08-31T13:14:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:14:08","slug":"the-most-damaging-useless-thing-craig-cardell-vboe-29-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/the-most-damaging-useless-thing-craig-cardell-vboe-29-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"The most damaging useless thing &mdash;Craig Cardella  @ VBOE 29 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6100601758\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6182\/6100601758_2194b9e9d6_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nCraig Cardella said his wife Anne\nwas a current Valdosta City Schools teacher and former Teacher of the year,\nand he was a former city manager who had done community development all his life.\n<blockquote>\nI can tell you without doubt this is the most damaging useless thing\nI&#8217;ve seen proposed in many many years.\nThis will do more damage to our community than just about anything I can think of\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6100599180\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6081\/6100599180_4a7af40540_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nshort of a hurricane running through the middle of town.\nIt will damage both the county and the city school systems severely.\nIt will hinder the growth of the education of our children.\nIt will cause chaos among the city and county school staffs,\nboth of which are like this, because a lot of times they&#8217;re\nthe same people.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AZzHl2oWIbk\">\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\/AZzHl2oWIbk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nThe most damaging useless thing &mdash;Craig Cardell  @ 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. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nMore transcription; he&#8217;s just getting to the best parts:\n\n<!--more-->\n<p>\n<blockquote>\nThe issue we now face, though,\nis one that I am very familiar with, and that&#8217;s taxation.\nAs a former local government consultant I am very familiar with it.\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6100599848\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6084\/6100599848_5873598c81_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nI can tell you without any reservation that when this passes,\nthe additional bureaucratic and administrative requirements on our schools\nwill raise\nthe millage\na minimum,\na minimum,\nof 8 mils the first year.\nA minimum of 8 mils the first year.\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<p>\nAnd this is not speculation.\nI spoke with a Lowndes board member\nwhom I&#8217;m not going to name,\nbecause that&#8217;s unfair: he can speak for himself.\n&#8230;\nHe gave me a number slightly less than that.\n<p>\nI was with a Lowndes administrator today at the courthouse on\na different matter,\nand that number was confirmed on the high side.\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<p>\nThis is going to be devastating.\nIf we talk about recruiting industry, this is going to kill us.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6100055367\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6194\/6100055367_f778f6f2ab_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nNot to mention the controversy that we&#8217;re going to have for the next\nthree or four years, because this won&#8217;t pass.\nIt won&#8217;t.\nPeople in this community are not willing to be bullied by\na group of Chamber of Commerce know-it-alls who don&#8217;t have\na dog in the fight.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6100600422\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6200\/6100600422_e3cafa19b6_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n[applause]\n<p>\nI just want to set the record straight.\nIf anybody says this is going to save you money,\ntell them: prove it!\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6100056569\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6079\/6100056569_9819cf3384_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nIf anybody says this is going to improve education of our children:\n<blockquote>\nprove it!\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nAnd I think that should be the model for all of us from now on.\nWhen somebody feeds you a pack of garbage about consolidation\nbeing good for our community,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6100071135\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6186\/6100071135_1e44c19efc_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nall you have to say is:\n<blockquote>\nprove it!\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd they can&#8217;t.\n<\/blockquote>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Craig Cardella said his wife Anne was a current Valdosta City Schools teacher and former Teacher of the year, and he was a former city manager who had done community development all his life. 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