{"id":2206,"date":"2011-04-10T16:07:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T20:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/biomass-protesters-vcc-7-april-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-04-10T16:07:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T20:07:19","slug":"biomass-protesters-vcc-7-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/biomass-protesters-vcc-7-april-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Biomass protesters @ VCC 7 April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/lets-see-these-many-biomass-opponents.html\">\nseen them before<\/a>\nand here they are again:\nbiomass protesters, this time outside Valdosta City Hall, 7 April 2011.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607285248\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4096\/5607285248_f4f0f4f879.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5606753017\/\">\nOld and young,<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5606753017\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4109\/5606753017_4c6ce01f3e.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607334342\/\">\nblack and white,<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607334342\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5142\/5607334342_d5478d307a.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5606746529\/\">\ntall and small<\/a>,\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5606746529\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5266\/5606746529_a959aea57a.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nthey came to express their opinions in a public demonstration.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607300488\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5025\/5607300488_bb65e18260_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nAs often with public events around the area,\nLAKE was there, camera in hand;\nhere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607300488\/\">\nGretchen Quarterman with a protester.<\/a>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<p>\nThis time the newspaper of record, The Valdosta Daily Times (VDT)\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607291338\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5022\/5607291338_639431146a_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607313076\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5229\/5607313076_632c3174d3_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nwas there in the persons of\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607291338\/\">\nits principal photographer, Paul Leavy<\/a>\nand\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607313076\/\">\nits political reporter, David Rodock.<\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607198400\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5228\/5607198400_4c43a7cf9c_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5607198400\/\">\nPolice were discretely watching.<\/a>\nUpstairs beforehand I heard them being instructed to just watch\nas long as protesters didn&#8217;t damage anything,\nand don&#8217;t be alarmed at the masks; they were not disguises,\njust a form of protest.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uVVUDX9VqD0\">\na video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uVVUDX9VqD0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<small>\nBiomass protesters at the<br>\nRegular monthly meeting of the Valdosta City Council (VCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 April 2011,\n<br>\nPictures and videos 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\/5606740001\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5021\/5606740001_b768759e9b_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nWhy there&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5606740001\/\">\nValdosta City Council member Deidra White<\/a>,\nwho also stopped on the steps of City Hall after the meeting\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/adjourn-vcc-7-apr-2011.html\">to see if anybody wanted to talk to her<\/a> after all the speeches.\nVideos of those speeches and the rest of the Valdosta City Council meeting\nwill follow.\n<p>\nMore protester pictures\nare in the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157626469680552\/\">\nflickr set.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You&#8217;ve seen them before and here they are again: biomass protesters, this time outside Valdosta City Hall, 7 April 2011. 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