{"id":1597,"date":"2011-08-26T20:43:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T00:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/school-consolidation-ordinance-introduction-vcc-25-august-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-08-26T20:43:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T00:43:09","slug":"school-consolidation-ordinance-introduction-vcc-25-august-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/school-consolidation-ordinance-introduction-vcc-25-august-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"School consolidation ordinance introduction @ VCC 25 August 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=49v0bk0E0no\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/49v0bk0E0no\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nValdosta City Council began a protracted debate about a school consolidation<br \/>\nreferendum, starting with Mayor Fretti, Attorney Talley, and Council Sonny Vickers.<\/p>\n<p>\nMayor Fretti introduced the topic.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=49v0bk0E0no\"><br \/>\nPart 1 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/49v0bk0E0no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nSchool consolidation ordinance introduction @ VCC 25 August 2011 Part 1 of 2:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular Session, Valdosta City Council (LCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 August 2011.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ap33FsK1J10\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ap33FsK1J10\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAttorney Talley announced that<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/08\/cuee-filed-enough-petitions-for-a-referendum.html\"><br \/>\nenough registered voters petitioned for the referendum<\/a>.<br \/>\nHe also read from a Georgia Supreme Court case<br \/>\nthat indicated that the council more or less had to approve the referendum.<\/p>\n<p>\nSonny Vickers asked what would happen if council did not approve it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe mayor clarified that it would cost money out of the city&#8217;s<br \/>\nbudget to defend not approving it.<br \/>\nYet he added that no council member is required to vote for the<br \/>\nreferendum.<br \/>\nThe mayor said that after getting advice from the city attorney and manager<br \/>\nthat he thought even a vote no would end up with the city in the same place<br \/>\nafter spending money to defend that vote.<br \/>\nThen he asked for a motion before debate.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ap33FsK1J10\"><br \/>\nPart 2 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ap33FsK1J10\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nSchool consolidation ordinance introduction @ VCC 25 August 2011 Part 2 of 2:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular Session, Valdosta City Council (LCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 25 August 2011.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valdosta City Council began a protracted debate about a school consolidation referendum, starting with Mayor Fretti, Attorney Talley, and Council Sonny Vickers. 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