{"id":2103,"date":"2011-04-30T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T20:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/valdosta-city-governnment-101.html"},"modified":"2011-04-30T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T20:44:47","slug":"valdosta-city-governnment-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/valdosta-city-governnment-101.html","title":{"rendered":"Valdosta City Governnment 101"},"content":{"rendered":"Tim Carroll pointed out on LAKE&#8217;s facebook page that Valdosta&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?recordid=1222&#038;page=270\">\nGovernment 101<\/a>\nwill be graduating soon.\nJane Fleming Osborn remarked that\n<blockquote>\nIt is an enlightening and eye-opening class you should not miss !&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\nAccording to the city&#8217;s writeup about it:\n<blockquote>\n&#8230;is designed to give City of Valdosta residents age 21 and older\nan inside look at how their city operates daily. Participants will be\nexposed to all city departments according to the following itinerary:\n<ul>\n<li>\nApril 4 Introduction to Class\n<li>\nApril 11 Public Safety and Municipal Court\n<li>\nApril 18 Engineering, Public Works and Utilities\n<li>\nApril 25 Financial Administration, Industrial and Economic Development\n<li>\nMay 2 Community Building and Neighborhood Development\n<li>\nMay 9 Facility Tour and Graduation\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?recordid=972&#038;page=270\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"\nwidth=\"270\"\nheigth=\"141\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Modules\/ShowImage.aspx?imageid=660\"><\/a>\nLast year&#8217;s class was the first,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/index.aspx?recordid=972&#038;page=270\">\nwith 23 graduates.<\/a>\n<p>\nFor Lowndes County residents who do not live in Valdosta,\nthe equivalent is&#8230;\n\n<!--more-->\noh, right! There isn&#8217;t one.\n<p>\nWell, except LAKE&#8217;s ongoing connect-the-dots sessions\nonline here every day, at most County Commission and many other government meetings, and at the monthly LAKE meetings.\nNo size limit; anybody can participate!\n<p>\nBut we don&#8217;t get a tour of the fire department\nor the sheriff&#8217;s department,\nor a talk by the County Commission Chair,\nor&#8230;.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Carroll pointed out on LAKE&#8217;s facebook page that Valdosta&#8217;s Government 101 will be graduating soon. 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