{"id":172,"date":"2013-01-25T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/blurt-it-out-about-the-ankle-monitoring-system-gretchen-quarterman-lcc-2013-01-22.html"},"modified":"2013-01-25T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T13:02:00","slug":"blurt-it-out-about-the-ankle-monitoring-system-gretchen-quarterman-lcc-2013-01-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/blurt-it-out-about-the-ankle-monitoring-system-gretchen-quarterman-lcc-2013-01-22.html","title":{"rendered":"Blurt it out about the ankle monitoring system &mdash;Gretchen Quarterman @ LCC 2013-01-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a name=\"Gretchen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SR6NIV8lQds&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiELm4Irk26P_XUDSu64mMIw&amp;index=7\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c363d1014970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c363d1014970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nA citizen actually got an answer from a Lowndes County Commissioner at\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/01\/videos-taxing-alcohol-on-the-road-to-the-jail-lcc-2013-01-22.html\">\nthe Regular Session of 22 January 2013.<\/a>\nOh, and the set\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/01\/2-a-clock-for-citizens-wishing-to-be-heard-lcc-2013-01-08.html\">\nthe clock<\/a>\ncorrectly to five minutes.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SR6NIV8lQds\">\nGretchen Quarterman<\/a>\nnoted\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/01\/videos-taxing-alcohol-on-the-road-to-the-jail-lcc-2013-01-22.html#CR16\">\nCommissioner Marshall had looked up some old minutes<\/a>,\nand she appreciated that\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/minutes.asp\">\nold minutes are on the county&#8217;s website,<\/a>\nbut the last minutes there were for 9 October 2012.\nThen she asked them to blurt about the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/01\/ankle-monitoring-working-and-saving-money-lcc-2013-01-22.html\">\nankle monitoring program:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JbSuu6EBOhc?list=PLshUv86fYkiELm4Irk26P_XUDSu64mMIw\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nThis morning, you had a\nreally great report about the\njail ankle monitoring system.\nAnd I would really like to encourage the county to do marketing.\nTo call a press conference, to get some graduates from that program,\nto get the sheriff,\nto get the gentleman that spoke this morning,\nto stand out on the courthouse steps and talk about how great it was.\nPeople would have a really great feeling if they knew.\nThis morning I was the only citizen here; now we&#8217;ve got three more.\nPeople aren&#8217;t finding out..\nSo if they didn&#8217;t come to this chamber, they wouldn&#8217;t know.\nSo I encourage you, really, do a press release, do a press conference\nabout that.\nIt&#8217;s a gigantic huge important thing. Thank you.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nThe Chairman started to move on, but Commissioner Evans asked if she\ncould answer the citizen&#8217;s question.\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nMrs. Quarterman, there is a committee together that, when we first\ngot this together, they was the one that came to me about getting this\nstarted and so there&#8217;s about six or ten people on the committee, and we&#8217;re\ngoing to get with them about it.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nGretchen responded:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nYou&#8217;re going to do like a, invite all the TV stations.\nI was really impressed this morning, and nobody knows.\nThey just don&#8217;t know.\nThere&#8217;s not really a way for them to know unless you blurt it out.\nSo, blurt that out, because that&#8217;s really great stuff!\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nChairman Slaughter:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nAnd I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll help us do that.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\nGretchen:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\nYou could be doing this yourself, you don&#8217;t need me!\nWhat if I go on vacation?\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe Chairman remarked that he couldn&#8217;t help himself when he asked that question.\nWell, they could help themselves more than they are.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A citizen actually got an answer from a Lowndes County Commissioner at the Regular Session of 22 January 2013. 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