{"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":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=49v0bk0E0no\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/49v0bk0E0no\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nValdosta City Council began a protracted debate about a school consolidation\nreferendum, starting with Mayor Fretti, Attorney Talley, and Council Sonny Vickers.\n<p>\nMayor Fretti introduced the topic.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=49v0bk0E0no\">\nPart 1 of 2:<\/a>\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>\n<br>\n<small>\nSchool consolidation ordinance introduction @ VCC 25 August 2011 Part 1 of 2:\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<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ap33FsK1J10\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ap33FsK1J10\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nAttorney Talley announced that\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/08\/cuee-filed-enough-petitions-for-a-referendum.html\">\nenough registered voters petitioned for the referendum<\/a>.\nHe also read from a Georgia Supreme Court case\nthat indicated that the council more or less had to approve the referendum.\n<p>\nSonny Vickers asked what would happen if council did not approve it.\n\n<!--more-->\nThe mayor clarified that it would cost money out of the city&#8217;s\nbudget to defend not approving it.\nYet he added that no council member is required to vote for the\nreferendum.\nThe mayor said that after getting advice from the city attorney and manager\nthat he thought even a vote no would end up with the city in the same place\nafter spending money to defend that vote.\nThen he asked for a motion before debate.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ap33FsK1J10\">\nPart 2 of 2:<\/a>\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>\n<br>\n<small>\nSchool consolidation ordinance introduction @ VCC 25 August 2011 Part 2 of 2:\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":"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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