{"id":1772,"date":"2011-07-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/many-ways-valdosta-can-stop-biomass.html"},"modified":"2011-07-11T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T20:00:00","slug":"many-ways-valdosta-can-stop-biomass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/many-ways-valdosta-can-stop-biomass.html","title":{"rendered":"Many ways Valdosta can stop biomass"},"content":{"rendered":"VDT says <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/07\/only-city-can-stop-biomass-vdt.html\">Only city can stop biomass<\/a>.\nWell, maybe not only, but they could, by some of the things VDT suggested.\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/adage-and-gretnas-mayor.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/media.graytvinc.com\/images\/0005SH.new.01.jpg\"><\/a>\nThere are other things Valdosta could do, such as what the VSU\nFaculty Senate did:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/vsu-faculty-senate-passes-anti-biomass-resolution.html\">\npass a resolution opposing biomass.<\/a>\nRemember,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/adage-and-gretnas-mayor.html\">\nthe mayor of Gretna, Florida did that.<\/a>\nIf little old Gretna can do it, TitleTown USA can do it!\n<p>\nThe Valdosta City Council could also hold an ethics investigation\nof their own appointees to the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority,\non the topic of why those appointees are in favor of a project with\ndemonstrated health hazards to the community.\n<p>\nShort of that, Valdosta could demand transparency from VLCIA:\n\n<!--more-->\n<ul>\n<li>\nLet&#8217;s see the land purchase contract.\n<li>\nLet&#8217;s see all the VLCIA minutes related to the biomass plant,\nWiregrass Power LLC, or Sterling Planet.\n<li>\nLet&#8217;s hear VLCIA board members explain why they are ignoring\ncopious evidence that the biomass plant would be a health hazard.\n<li>\nLet&#8217;s hear them explain why their legal counsel can&#8217;t break a land\npurchase contract in the light of all that new information.\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/transparency-and-leadership-for-the-local-good-john-s-quarterman-vlcia-14-june-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/iBmnVOPBuFk\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nOh, and Valdosta could do what Mayor Fretti said they would do:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/transparency-and-leadership-for-the-local-good-john-s-quarterman-vlcia-14-june-2011.html\">\nmove ahead with expanding the Wiregrass Solar plant<\/a>.\nThe Valdosta City Council could insist to Sterling Planet that that&#8217;s\nwhat we want around here: more solar.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VDT says Only city can stop biomass. 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