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