{"id":2205,"date":"2011-04-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/t-splost-has-a-stick-ashley-paulk-of-lcc-at-lcdp-part-1.html"},"modified":"2011-04-10T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T21:00:00","slug":"t-splost-has-a-stick-ashley-paulk-of-lcc-at-lcdp-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/t-splost-has-a-stick-ashley-paulk-of-lcc-at-lcdp-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"T-SPLOST has a stick &mdash;Ashley Paulk of LCC at LCDP (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Flake.typepad.com%2Fon-the-lake-front%2F2011%2F04%2Ft-splost-referendum-in-2012-corey-hull-part-6.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5188\/5595363994_564e155c03_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nGretchen Quarterman, Chair of the Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP),\nthanks\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Flake.typepad.com%2Fon-the-lake-front%2F2011%2F04%2Ft-splost-referendum-in-2012-corey-hull-part-6.html\">\nCorey Hull of VLMPO<\/a> and says the next speaker will give us\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aba18siSfiE\">\nsome inside knowledge about T-SPLOST.<\/a>\nAshley Paulk, Chairman of the Lowndes County Commission (LCC)\nis not a fan of T-SPLOST.\nHe says:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5595364052\/in\/set-72157626468470084\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5174\/5595364052_36fcc793da_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nY&#8217;all know I&#8217;m on the executive committee, so I guess I should be a salesman.\nBut I&#8217;m sorry.\nY&#8217;all know me pretty well, I&#8217;ve got to really be\nnot just a little bit correct,\nbut it&#8217;s got to be good for the people.\nI think what disturbs me,\nis when you&#8217;ve got to put something in the law that&#8217;s a stick,\ncarrot and stick,\nyou don&#8217;t do what I&#8217;ve said you&#8217;re going to get punished.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe made that point at least three times.\n<p>\nHe also doesn&#8217;t like\n\n<!--more-->\nGDOT having a lot of control over the lists.\nAnd he doesn&#8217;t think T-SPLOST would collect as much as projected\nin this economy, he calls that &#8220;pie in the sky.&#8221;\n<blockquote>\nRight now if I had to vote for it\nI could not find the interest to get out there.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe said that at least two different ways.\n<p>\nThere&#8217;s more.\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDzcH2-cgA0\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDzcH2-cgA0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nAshley Paulk, Chairman of the Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br>\nexplains T-SPLOST (HB 277) and the Transportation Investment Act of 2010\n<br>\nat the monthly meeting of the Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP),\n<br>\nGretchen Quarterman (Chair), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.\n<br>\nVideo by John S. 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