{"id":20798,"date":"2019-02-14T12:07:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=20798"},"modified":"2019-02-14T12:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T17:07:04","slug":"lowndes-county-bird-supper-atlanta-ga-2019-02-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/lowndes-county-bird-supper-atlanta-ga-2019-02-13.html","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes County Bird Supper, Atlanta, GA 2019-02-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nAnnually Lowndes County and its cities including Valdosta<br \/>\nfeed quail to state legislators at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot<br \/>\nin Atlanta: this is the Bird Supper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle, Inside\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20783\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"20785\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle, Inside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/b2cc73265f8c3f1970a6cf5c428ebb77.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Valdosta Mayor John Gayle\n<\/p>\n<p>\nValdosta<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/bird-supper-2017-2016-11-01\"><br \/>\ndescribes the Bird Supper:<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\n<p>\nSince the 1950s, the Bird Supper has been providing a venue for<br \/>\nlocal professionals to be a catalyst for impacting legislative<br \/>\nissues by keeping Valdosta and Lowndes County in the minds of the<br \/>\nstate officials during a half-way point of the legislative session.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"Mixing and mingling, Inside\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20786\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"20788\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Mixing and mingling, Inside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/854e6bd376c5f3c29e4b91c78c79ea0a.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nGeorgia legislators were there from all over the state,<br \/>\nincluding numerous committee chairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"Packed house, Inside\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20789\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"20791\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Packed house, Inside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/34485e0fa6ac9e8bd76ffab2f14a6459.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI thanked Jeff Jones of the 167th District for his new<br \/>\ncoal ash bills, and reminded other legislators to vote for them this year,<br \/>\nlike they did his earlier ones last year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legislation\/en-US\/Display\/20192020\/HB\/93\"><br \/>\n HB 93<br \/>\nWater pollution and surface-water use; notice to local governing authorities prior to the dewatering of coal combustion residual surface impoundments; provide<\/a><\/p>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legislation\/en-US\/Display\/20192020\/HB\/94\"><br \/>\nHB 94<br \/>\nSolid waste management; safe disposal of coal ash in municipal solid waste and commercial industrial solid waste landfills; provide<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nI also urged legislators to vote for this year&#8217;s resolution by Jay Powell of the 171st District to stop the state from diverting funds from trust funds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/Legislation\/en-US\/display\/20192020\/HR\/164\"><br \/>\nHR 164<br \/>\nGeneral Assembly; dedication of revenues derived from fees or taxes to the public purpose for which such fees or taxes were imposed; authorize &#8211; CA<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAs<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/leadershiplowndes.com\/\"><br \/>\nLeadership Lowndes<\/a><br \/>\ngathered on the steps outside,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/district-1\"><br \/>\nCity Councilwoman Vivian Miller-Cody<\/a> asked me to take a picture<br \/>\nwith her tablet, so I did, and I also took this one with my phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"On the steps, Leadership Lowndes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20792\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"20794\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"On the steps, Leadership Lowndes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ec52b95a0672a364ad76879445cdb280.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to one of their members, all but one of their<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/leadershiplowndes.com\/about\/sample-page\/alumni-photo-galleries\/current-class\/\"><br \/>\ncurrent class<\/a><br \/>\nwas there.<br \/>\nNot pictured: Jody Hall, who earlier ran over my hat with his wheelchair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\n<a title=\"Getting on the bus, Leadership Lowndes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=20795\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"20797\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Getting on the bus, Leadership Lowndes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/b1e4bb84240528dd1205a1bbf5ac3e8e.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nJody was probably already on the bus during the picture taking on the steps.<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annually Lowndes County and its cities including Valdosta feed quail to state legislators at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot in Atlanta: this is the Bird Supper. 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