{"id":164,"date":"2013-01-28T09:50:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/dear-mr-pritchard-how-are-we-paying-on-something-that-was-100-paid-off-john-s-quarterman.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T09:50:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T14:50:27","slug":"dear-mr-pritchard-how-are-we-paying-on-something-that-was-100-paid-off-john-s-quarterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/dear-mr-pritchard-how-are-we-paying-on-something-that-was-100-paid-off-john-s-quarterman.html","title":{"rendered":"Dear Mr. Pritchard: How are we paying on something that was 100% paid off? —John S. Quarterman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nI sent this today. -jsq\n<\/p>\n

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From: John S. Quarterman <questions@quarterman.com>
\n
\nCc: bslaughter@lowndescounty.com, jevans@lowndescounty.com, rraines@lowndescounty.com, cpowell@lowndescounty.com, dmarshall@lowndescounty.com, jpage@lowndescounty.com, questions@quarterman.com
\n
\nSubject: How are we paying on something that was 100% paid off?<\/p>\n

\nDear Mr. Pritchard,\n<\/p>\n

\nYou may recall that at the Lowndes County Commission meeting
\nof the 8th of January 2013, I asked the following:\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n“When this building complex was opened in 2010, the county put out a
\n
\n<\/a>
\ndouble-sheet flyer saying it was completely paid off out of SPLOST money,
\nwith zero dollars owed. I’m wondering how it is that then, either in
\nNovember or
\n
\nDecember<\/a>, the Commission just before your one here, refinanced
\nbonds that included I think it was six or seven million dollars for this
\nvery building complex? I’m very confused by that. I wonder if someone
\ncould clarify how we’re paying on something that was completely 100%
\npaid off with zero owed.”\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nI asked Commissioner Crawford Powell this question at the going-away
\nreception for former Chairman Ashley Paulk on 14 December 2012, and
\nhe referred me to you for an answer. It has been more than two weeks
\nsince I asked in a Commission Regular Session and I have received
\nno answer. So I ask again.\n<\/p>\n

\nSpecifically:\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

\nWhat
\n
\nbonds<\/a> or other debt are outstanding on the Lowndes County
\nJudicial\/Administration Complex or any part of it?\n<\/p>\n

\nHow is any and all such debt to be paid for, specifically by
\nsales tax, property tax, license fees, or other means?\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/a>
\nHow can there be any debt when the flyer distributed by the County
\nin November 2010, image attached to this message, said these things
\nabout the costs of that complex:\n<\/p>\n

\n“100% Paid by SPLOST”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nand\n<\/p>\n

\n“$0 Balance Owed”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nPlease provide copies of any financial instruments involved in
\nany such debt, and a paper trail leading from zero dollars owed
\nto all such debt, including relevant correspondence.\n<\/p>\n

\nI look forward to your answers or timetable within three business days.
\nAny document copies you can send by electronic mail or make available
\nin electronic form on a USB stick or CD\/ROM would be most appreciated.
\nI will be happy to pay reasonable copying fees for any paper documents
\nand any other reasonable administrative costs.\n<\/p>\n

\n-jsq
\n
\nJohn S. Quarterman
\n
\n6565 Quarterman Road (residence)
\n
\n3338 Country Club Road #L336
\n
\nValdosta, GA 31605 (postal)
\n
\n229-242-0102
\n
\nquestions@quarterman.com\n<\/p>\n

\nCc: Chairman Slaughter and Commissioners Evans, Raines, Powell,
\nMarshall, and Page.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n
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I sent this today. -jsq   From: John S. Quarterman <questions@quarterman.com> Cc: bslaughter@lowndescounty.com, jevans@lowndescounty.com, rraines@lowndescounty.com, cpowell@lowndescounty.com, dmarshall@lowndescounty.com, jpage@lowndescounty.com, questions@quarterman.com Subject: How are we paying on something that was 100% paid off? Dear Mr. Pritchard, You may recall that at the Lowndes County Commission meeting of the 8th of January 2013, I asked the following: “When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,40,14,70,2,88,21,22,3],"tags":[724,723,8736,679,728,8717,437,726,623,8704,8728,729,8701,8699,10,136,8702,91,12,7,8734,730,8711,8712,4,8700,8767,725,6],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-community","category-economy","category-ethics","category-government","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-planning","category-politics","category-transparency","tag-10-december-2013","tag-8-january-2013","tag-activism","tag-ashley-paulk","tag-bonds","tag-community","tag-cost-overrun","tag-county-palace","tag-crawford-powell","tag-economy","tag-ethics","tag-fiscal-responsibility","tag-georgia","tag-government","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-joe-pritchard","tag-lake","tag-lcc","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-open-records","tag-planning","tag-politics","tag-regular-session","tag-transparency","tag-transportation","tag-unbudgeted","tag-valdosta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}