{"id":1814,"date":"2011-07-01T12:16:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/keep-the-business-of-our-county-in-order-gretchen-quarterman.html"},"modified":"2011-07-01T12:16:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T16:16:22","slug":"keep-the-business-of-our-county-in-order-gretchen-quarterman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/keep-the-business-of-our-county-in-order-gretchen-quarterman.html","title":{"rendered":"Keep the business of our county in order &mdash;Gretchen Quarterman @ LCC 28 June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5890779355\/in\/set-72157626967359317\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5074\/5890779355_b45ab2e905_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nShould it take more than six months to find the county ordinances\nthat code enforcement needs?\n<p>\nGretchen Quarterman thanked County Clerk Paige Dukes for\nhelping her in the &#8220;neverending answering to my list of questions.&#8221;\nShe noted that:\n<blockquote>\nThe chairman thinks I&#8217;m badgering,\nbut really I&#8217;m not.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5891345638\/in\/set-72157626967359317\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6033\/5891345638_8d66d7f89b_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThis body makes ordinances, and\nsome of the ordinances are on the website.\nIf you\ngo to the state website, and find out where all the laws of the state are;\ngo to the city of Valdosta&#8217;s website, and find out where all the laws of Valdosta are.\nGo to our website and only find out some of the ordinances.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5891345758\/in\/set-72157626967359317\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5304\/5891345758_687c81c686_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nPaige says she has been diligently working on this\nand I absolutely positively believe her.\nAnd I know it&#8217;s very complicated\nBut I really encourage y&#8217;all as a body\n&mdash; I&#8217;m not trying to tell you how to do your job &mdash;\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5891345522\/in\/set-72157626967359317\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5310\/5891345522_fbbb65df21_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nbut to keep the business of our county in order.\nThank you.\n<\/blockquote>\nShe&#8217;s been trying to get public access to all the ordinances since December.\nThe county doesn&#8217;t even have a list of all the ordinances.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5890777113\/in\/set-72157626967359317\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6031\/5890777113_1a660294f2_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nShould it take more than six months to find the local laws\nthat code enforcement needs?\nChairman Ashley Paulk and 2 of 3 voting Commissioners, Crawford Powell and Richard Raines,\nare businessmen.\nCould they run a business when resolutions of the board were nowhere\nto be found?\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zfYial5EaGk\">\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\/zfYial5EaGk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nKeep the business of our county in order &mdash;Gretchen 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 John S. 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