{"id":2181,"date":"2011-04-17T11:11:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T15:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/dr-mark-p-george-wants-a-conversation-vcc-7-april-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-04-17T11:11:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T15:11:06","slug":"dr-mark-p-george-wants-a-conversation-vcc-7-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/dr-mark-p-george-wants-a-conversation-vcc-7-april-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mark P. George wants a conversation @ VCC 7 April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5622689178\/in\/set-72157626391666787\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5026\/5622104035_0ff8c6f59c_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe mayor prefaced a comment that he&#8217;s read (apparently in this blog)<br \/>\nthat he&#8217;s been criticized for not paying attention while people are speaking.<br \/>\nHe clarified that he&#8217;s often taking notes.<br \/>\nThen Dr. Mark P. George spoke, wondering when people would get answers<br \/>\nto their more substantive questions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI have an attorney.<br \/>\nThese folks have an attorney.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s sitting right there.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indicating the city attorney.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g2V3_-U-q18\"><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\/g2V3_-U-q18\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nDr. Mark P. George @ VCC 7 April 2011 Part 1 of 3:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\nDr. George amplified the not paying attention comments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5622687538\/in\/set-72157626391666787\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5262\/5622687538_7cf9c1b2a5_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nby adding in body language,<br \/>\nand saying he did appreciate taking notes.<br \/>\nHe asked if the meeting is recorded.<br \/>\nMayor Fretti answered yes.<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. George remarked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIt seems to me you are now cloaking the lack of response<br \/>\nin legalities.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nLegality does not equal morality.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Council Sonny Vickers remarked that he<br \/>\nalready told everyone he is for the biomass plant.<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. George recommended conversation,<br \/>\nfollowing up on new information.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe mayor asked Dr. George to wrap up.<br \/>\nDr. George responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThere really is no end.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U9MjD4YXh7k\"><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\/U9MjD4YXh7k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nDr. Mark P. George @ VCC 7 April 2011 Part 2 of 3:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\nMore back and forth between Dr. George and the mayor<br \/>\nabout how or whether or when he or somebody might answer<br \/>\nquestions, followed by interchange between Dr. George<br \/>\nand the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YmzkUQ27eMg\"><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\/YmzkUQ27eMg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small>Dr. Mark P. George @ VCC 7 April 2011<br \/>\nPart 3 of 3:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor prefaced a comment that he&#8217;s read (apparently in this blog) that he&#8217;s been criticized for not paying attention while people are speaking. He clarified that he&#8217;s often taking notes. Then Dr. Mark P. George spoke, wondering when people would get answers to their more substantive questions. I have an attorney. These folks have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,120,48,40,16,2,21,32,23,73,3,54,4689],"tags":[4702,8738,1875,8701,10,8702,12,7,8700,6,8726,2671],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-biomass","category-code-enforcement","category-community","category-environment","category-government","category-planning","category-pollution","category-renewable-energy","category-safety","category-transparency","category-valdosta-city-council","category-vcc-7-april-2011","tag-7-april-2011","tag-biomass","tag-dialog","tag-georgia","tag-gretchen-quarterman","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-transparency","tag-valdosta","tag-valdosta-city-council","tag-vcc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}