{"id":1579,"date":"2011-08-29T13:54:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T17:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/5a-this-seems-forced-mayor-john-fretti-vcc-25-august-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-08-29T13:54:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T17:54:12","slug":"5a-this-seems-forced-mayor-john-fretti-vcc-25-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/5a-this-seems-forced-mayor-john-fretti-vcc-25-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"5.a. This seems forced &mdash;Mayor John Fretti @ VCC 25 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=udPOhFWDfSA\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/udPOhFWDfSA\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nFirst they voted on stopping debate on\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/08\/5a-motion-to-deny-education-referendum-sonny-vickers-vcc-25-august-2011.html\">\nthe motion on the floor (to deny putting the referendum\nfor school consolidation on the ballot)<\/a>.\nWhite and Norton voted against stopping debate.\n<p>\nThen they voted on the motion to deny.\nCouncil White agonized over whether they were doing anything illegal.\nThey\nsplit evenly 3 to 3:\nWright, White, and Vickers for denying, and\nYost, Norton, and Carroll against.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=44\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"270\" height=\"337\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Modules\/ShowImage.aspx?imageid=600\"><\/a>\nSince it was a tie, the Mayor got to vote.\nFirst he made a statement, which included:\n<blockquote>\nIt started out in the least inclusive manner.\n<br>\n&#8230;\n<br>\nThis seems forced to people who don&#8217;t want the city school system\nand to a city school system which doesn&#8217;t want to cope with these\npeople right now.\nAnd that&#8217;s unfair.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe suggested the legislature should handle it.\n<p>\nAfter all that, he voted against the motion to deny,\nso the motion failed.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=udPOhFWDfSA\">\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\/udPOhFWDfSA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\n5.a. This seems forced &mdash;Mayor John Fretti @ VCC 25 August 2011\n<br>\npetition, education, referendum,\n<br>\nRegular Session, Valdosta City Council (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 August 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":"First they voted on stopping debate on the motion on the floor (to deny putting the referendum for school consolidation on the ballot). White and Norton voted against stopping debate. Then they voted on the motion to deny. Council White agonized over whether they were doing anything illegal. 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