{"id":1816,"date":"2011-07-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/budget-hearing-wrapup-no-questions-were-entertained-from-citizens.html"},"modified":"2011-07-01T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T14:00:00","slug":"budget-hearing-wrapup-no-questions-were-entertained-from-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/budget-hearing-wrapup-no-questions-were-entertained-from-citizens.html","title":{"rendered":"Budget Hearing wrapup: no questions were entertained from citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5887776621\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5305\/5887776621_10417db1f0_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nPaulk and Pritchard wrapped up the budget hearing,\nquite well, except at the very end,\nwhen about 2 seconds were allowed for citizens to say they\nwanted to speak before the hearing was ended.\nSo that&#8217;s two budget hearings with no citizen input:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/proposed-lowndes-county-budget-published-by-lake-gretchen-quarterman.html\">\nthe first one nobody knew about<\/a>,\nand this one where nobody was permitted to speak.\n<p>\nChairman Ashley Paulk thanked county employees for their cooperation.\nHe noted that even the constitutional officers, who could appeal\ntheir budgets, had not.\nHe noted the jail accounted for about half the sheriff&#8217;s budget,\ncalling it an expensive operation.\nHe said that his office had accounted for 3 of the 8 layoffs\nlast time, and fortunately there were no more this time.\nHe said:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re in survival mode.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nHe added that he didn&#8217;t expect the economy to turn up locally\nuntil construction did.\n<p>\nI think there are other ways to help the local economy,\nbut I applaud a chairman-like summation by Chairman Paulk.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0b8N3eTdvdM\">\nPart 1 of 2:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0b8N3eTdvdM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nBudget Hearing wrapup: no questions were entertained from citizens Part 1 of 2:\n<br>\nBudget Hearing, 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<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sQi4B_-ZSfk\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/sQi4B_-ZSfk\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard informed the Commission that\nthe new budget (presumably assuming it was approved at the\nimmediately-following regular Commission meeting) would\nbe on the county&#8217;s web pages by Friday.\nYou can see videos of <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/budget-presentation-stephanie-black-lcc-28-june-2011.html\">\nBudget Director Stephanie Black&#8217;s presentation<\/a> now;\nfollow that link for the detailed budget, which LAKE put\non the LAKE web pages Monday.\n<p>\nFinally, Ashley Paulk asked for questions, and while Gretchen\nwas cycling the camera off and on to get the first question,\nChairman Paulk closed the meeting.\nNobody managed to speak up in time.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sQi4B_-ZSfk\">\nPart 2 of 2:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sQi4B_-ZSfk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nBudget Hearing wrapup: no questions were entertained from citizens Part 2 of 2:\n<br>\nBudget Hearing, 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":"Paulk and Pritchard wrapped up the budget hearing, quite well, except at the very end, when about 2 seconds were allowed for citizens to say they wanted to speak before the hearing was ended. 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