{"id":2071,"date":"2011-05-05T15:45:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-mayors-expenses-roy-taylor-vcc-21-march-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-05-05T15:45:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-05T19:45:29","slug":"the-mayors-expenses-roy-taylor-vcc-21-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-mayors-expenses-roy-taylor-vcc-21-march-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"The mayor&#8217;s expenses &mdash;Roy Taylor @ VCC 21 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AF98C88k0Fw\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AF98C88k0Fw\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nAfter a student award was announced,<br \/>\nRoy Taylor&#8217;s attorney addressed the council about<br \/>\nthe mayor&#8217;s expenses during Citizens to be Heard.<br \/>\nRoy Taylor is visible in the audience as the camera pans.<br \/>\nThe mayor was not there;<br \/>\nhe has since explained<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/quality-time-mayor-john-fretti.html\">he was spending quality time with his family.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AF98C88k0Fw\"><br \/>\nPart 1 of 3:<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AF98C88k0Fw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nThe mayor&#8217;s expenses &mdash;Roy Taylor @ VCC 21 March 2011 Part 1 of 3:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 21 April 2011,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by George Boston Rhynes for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\nThe attorney continued with request number 2,<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Idjt3Sz8h4I\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Idjt3Sz8h4I\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nabout hotel and meal expenses.<br \/>\nAnd request number 3 was to convene a committee of inquiry.<br \/>\nCity Attorney Talley responded in quite a bit of interaction<br \/>\nwith Roy Taylor&#8217;s attorney.<br \/>\nHm, maybe the alleged policy that council members cannot respond<br \/>\nduring CTBH applies only to council, not to employees of the City of Valdosta.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Idjt3Sz8h4I\"><br \/>\nPart 2 of 3:<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Idjt3Sz8h4I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nThe mayor&#8217;s expenses &mdash;Roy Taylor @ VCC 21 March 2011 Part 2 of 3:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 21 April 2011,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by George Boston Rhynes for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UmP2svIb1yU\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UmP2svIb1yU\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nNext, Attorney Talley asked whether all this should be left to the<br \/>\nDistrict Attorney&#8217;s office.<br \/>\nMayor Pro-Tem asked for number 3 to be repeated.<br \/>\nRoy Taylor&#8217;s attorney said the idea is to make sure nothing like this happens again.<br \/>\nCity attorney asked again by what authority the city could do that.<\/p>\n<p>\nThen Roy Taylor stood up to say citizens had talked but council<br \/>\nhad not listened.<br \/>\nHe suggested that on the Saturday before council&#8217;s work session<br \/>\nthey hold a 3 hour session for citizens to be heard and answered.<br \/>\nCity Attorney responded by saying any complaints should be filed<br \/>\nwith the clerk of court downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>\nMayor Pro-Tem also responded saying<br \/>\nhe liked the idea of the Saturday meeting.<br \/>\nI guess he&#8217;s not subject to the alleged policy, either.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UmP2svIb1yU\"><br \/>\nPart 3 of 3:<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UmP2svIb1yU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nThe mayor&#8217;s expenses &mdash;Roy Taylor @ VCC 21 March 2011 Part 3 of 3:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 21 April 2011,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by George Boston Rhynes for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YdhT8_qy4SQ\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/YdhT8_qy4SQ\/default.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nMany thanks to George Boston Rhynes for taking these videos<br \/>\nand to William Alexander Thomas for getting them edited into clips<br \/>\nsmall enough to post to YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a student award was announced, Roy Taylor&#8217;s attorney addressed the council about the mayor&#8217;s expenses during Citizens to be Heard. Roy Taylor is visible in the audience as the camera pans. The mayor was not there; he has since explained he was spending quality time with his family. 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