{"id":2158,"date":"2011-04-20T11:11:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/protesters-at-industrial-authority-19-april-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-04-20T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T15:11:24","slug":"protesters-at-industrial-authority-19-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/protesters-at-industrial-authority-19-april-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Protesters at Industrial Authority, 19 April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637950588\/in\/set-72157626414568431\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5221\/5637950588_091463e1ce_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe protesters are revolting these days!\nIs there nothing an Industrial Authority can do to keep them off its doorstep?\n<p>\nWhere are\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637937664\/in\/set-72157626414568431\">\nthese people protesting?<\/a>\nCould it be outside the Industrial Authority?\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OgpeYGJ6MAw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nProtesters @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Part 1 of 4:\n<br>\nBiomass protesters,<br>\nRegular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,\n<br>\nNorman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,\n<br>\nJ. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Acting Executive Director, 19 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nWhy that sign says\n\n<!--more-->\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637360659\/in\/set-72157626414568431\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5227\/5637360659_1da75ef5df_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637360659\/in\/set-72157626414568431\/\">\n2110 Park &#038; Patterson.<\/a>\nThe logo is hard to make out, but it says\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority.\nPR is not VLCIA&#8217;s strong suit, or they wouldn&#8217;t have protesters\non their doorstep.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ahkLMzD2f7o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nProtesters @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Part 2 of 4:\n<br>\nStudent protesters,<br>\nRegular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,\n<br>\nNorman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,\n<br>\nJ. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Acting Executive Director, 19 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637362285\/in\/set-72157626414568431\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5187\/5637362285_1d0bba846a_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nSpeaking of doorsteps, here are\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637362285\/in\/set-72157626414568431\/\">\na bunch of student asthma victims lying in front of the door.<\/a>\n<p>\nA lone law enforcement officer\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637364129\/in\/set-72157626414568431\">\nwatched in amusement.<\/a>\nHe shook my hand and introduced himself as I went in.\nThe protesters had a permit, and other than repeated instructions\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5637364129\/in\/set-72157626414568431\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5141\/5637364129_7a3385f114_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nto keep off the grass, there was not much the Industrial Authority\ncould do about them.\nWell, there is something they could do, but it wasn&#8217;t even on the agenda,\nnor even mentioned by any of the board at their board meeting.\nSome citizens mentioned it inside, as we shall see.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LcslVoOuwAU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nProtesters @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Part 3 of 4:\n<br>\nBiomass protesters,<br>\nRegular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,\n<br>\nNorman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,\n<br>\nJ. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Acting Executive Director, 19 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nVLCIA board members Roy Copeland and Tom Call were standing on the doorstep\nwatching the protesters as I turned to go in.\nRoy greeted me.\nThen he went inside and VLCIA Attorney J. Stephen Gupton drew him down the hall\ninto some sort of side meeting before the board meeting started.\nVideos from the board meeting will follow.\n<p>\nThe videos here of protesters were taken while the meeting was in progress.\nYou&#8217;ll be able to hear them from inside.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ffcXPGuoY-Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nProtesters @ VLCIA 19 April 2011 Part 4 of 4:\n<br>\nBiomass protesters,<br>\nRegular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority, VLCIA,\n<br>\nNorman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,\n<br>\nJ. Stephen Gupton attorney, Allan Ricketts Acting Executive Director, 19 April 2011,\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman\n<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nMore stills in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157626414568431\/with\/5637950588\/\">the flickr set.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The protesters are revolting these days! Is there nothing an Industrial Authority can do to keep them off its doorstep? Where are these people protesting? Could it be outside the Industrial Authority? 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