{"id":1801,"date":"2011-07-05T18:17:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T22:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/lowndes-county-has-transparency-issues-john-s-quarterman-lcc-28-june-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-07-05T18:17:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T22:17:54","slug":"lowndes-county-has-transparency-issues-john-s-quarterman-lcc-28-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/lowndes-county-has-transparency-issues-john-s-quarterman-lcc-28-june-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes County has transparency issues &mdash;John S. Quarterman @ LCC 28 June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WJseMtJvJE8\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WJseMtJvJE8\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nNo unfinished drafts will be published while Ashley Paulk is chairman,\nor so he told us.\n<p>\nI asked him how he recommended citizens provide input to the\nbudget process?\nHe said at every meeting.\n<p>\nSo I said I wondered why the county attorney seemed to be overbudget.\nNo response.\n<p>\nThen I got to my main point, which was that the county seems to have\na number of transparency issues,\nsuch as\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/07\/keep-the-business-of-our-county-in-order-gretchen-quarterman.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5074\/5890779355_b45ab2e905_t.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/07\/keep-the-business-of-our-county-in-order-gretchen-quarterman.html\">\nthe missing ordinances<\/a> he&#8217;d just heard about,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/foxborough\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5150\/5879434016_a033376e3f_t.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/foxborough\">\nor Vince Schneider&#8217;s Foxborough McDonald&#8217;s<\/a> issues,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/return-cameras-or-im-going-to-pursue-it-through-the-sheriffs-office-ashley-paulk-lcc-28-june-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6032\/5884777606_64689dc4b0_t.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/return-cameras-or-im-going-to-pursue-it-through-the-sheriffs-office-ashley-paulk-lcc-28-june-2011.html\">\nor the animal shelter<\/a> issues,\nor\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/10-million-t-splost-to-widen-new-bethel-road-for-lanier-county-sprawl.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3101\/5854097964_47350b0382_t.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/75-million-t-splost-for-a-bus-system.html\">\nthe T-SPLOST list<\/a> that the Commission approved\non the basis of a one page list of one-liner with no details\nthat turns out to include things like\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/10-million-t-splost-to-widen-new-bethel-road-for-lanier-county-sprawl.html\">\n$10 million to widen New Bethel Road to Lanier County.<\/a>\n<p>\nI said I would like to compare the county&#8217;s submissions for T-SPLOST\nfunding to the county&#8217;s Thoroughfare Plan\nand the Comprehensive Plan; if I could find those plans online.\nThe Chairman said my five minutes were up.\nI said &#8220;Alrighty&#8221; and moseyed back to my seat.\nAs you can see for yourself, it was actually 4 and a half minutes.\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WJseMtJvJE8\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WJseMtJvJE8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nLowndes County has transparency issues &mdash;John S. Quarterman @ LCC 28 June 2011\n<br>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 June 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":"No unfinished drafts will be published while Ashley Paulk is chairman, or so he told us. I asked him how he recommended citizens provide input to the budget process? He said at every meeting. So I said I wondered why the county attorney seemed to be overbudget. No response. 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