{"id":1594,"date":"2011-08-27T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T12:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/5a-motion-to-deny-education-referendum-sonny-vickers-vcc-25-august-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-08-27T08:36:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T12:36:43","slug":"5a-motion-to-deny-education-referendum-sonny-vickers-vcc-25-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/5a-motion-to-deny-education-referendum-sonny-vickers-vcc-25-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"5.a. motion to deny education referendum &mdash;Sonny Vickers  @ VCC 25 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=miIWL8IQtzs\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/miIWL8IQtzs\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nSome backers of school consolidation have a hidden agenda\nof consolidating the city and county governments,\nsaid Council Sonny Vickers.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=47\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"270\" height=\"337\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Modules\/ShowImage.aspx?imageid=603\"><\/a>\nCouncil Sonny Vickers made a motion to deny the school consolidation\nreferendum, and then stated a number of reasons, among them\nthat unification would do nothing to improve education,\njudging by many previous examples.\nPlus he noted a hidden agenda of some of the backers of consolidation\nwho spent thousands of dollars: consolidation of the city and county\ngovernments.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=miIWL8IQtzs\">\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\/miIWL8IQtzs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\n5.a. motion to deny education referendum &#8211;Sonny Vickers  @ 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":"Some backers of school consolidation have a hidden agenda of consolidating the city and county governments, said Council Sonny Vickers. 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