{"id":1743,"date":"2011-07-18T18:21:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-18T22:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/now-they-change-their-minds-so-weve-got-a-right-to-change-our-minds-calvin-marshall-lcc-12-july-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-07-18T18:21:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-18T22:21:23","slug":"now-they-change-their-minds-so-weve-got-a-right-to-change-our-minds-calvin-marshall-lcc-12-july-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/now-they-change-their-minds-so-weve-got-a-right-to-change-our-minds-calvin-marshall-lcc-12-july-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Now they change their minds, so we&#8217;ve got a right to change our minds &mdash;Calvin Marshall @ LCC 12 July 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5952324828\/in\/photostream\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6027\/5952324828_b7369bc641_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nSomebody finally called a developer&#8217;s bluff!\nAnswering Commissioners&#8217; questions about\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/07\/what-are-they-going-to-put-for-a-buffer-for-farms-at-nottinghill-calvin-marshall-lcc-12-july-2011.html\">\nhis opposition to rezoning for Nottinghill on Cat Creek Road,<\/a>\nCalvin Marshall did what I&#8217;ve never seen anyone do before in opposing a subdivision:\nhe upped the ante.\n<p>\nCommissioner Richard Raines said he would require Nottinghill lots to have:\n<blockquote>\n&ldquo;Not perhaps, but a fence around the edge of the property.\n&#8230;\nNeed to make sure that bicycles and fourwheelers, that children are not playing\nin a field that is used to grow crops.&rdquo;\n<\/blockquote>\nSeems fair, except that he seemed to be talking about each individual\neventual property owner having to put up a fence, and I can tell you by\nexperience that that won&#8217;t happen without the neighboring landowner\npersonally insisting to each lot owner.\nUnless the Commission insists that county code enforcement actually\nenforce such a condition, which would be a good thing for a change.\n<p>\nThen Commissioner Raines asked Calvin Marshall:\n<blockquote>\n&ldquo;Is it still your position that 12-15,000 square foot lots are OK?&rdquo;\n<\/blockquote>\nCalvin Marshall answered:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n&ldquo;No, they&#8217;re not OK.\nThey had their opportunity, and\nthey went back and now they change their minds,\nso we&#8217;ve got a right to change our minds.&rdquo;\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/OdS-Ch5zotQ\">\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\/OdS-Ch5zotQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nNow they change their minds, so we&#8217;ve got a right to change our minds &mdash;Calvin Marshall @ LCC 12 July 2011\n<br>\nNottinghill, Cat Creek, rezoning, REZ-2011-10,\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 July 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":"Somebody finally called a developer&#8217;s bluff! 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