{"id":2242,"date":"2011-04-01T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T17:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/lame-duck-lofton-cranks-the-same-old-scratched-wax-cylinder.html"},"modified":"2011-04-01T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T17:54:11","slug":"lame-duck-lofton-cranks-the-same-old-scratched-wax-cylinder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/lame-duck-lofton-cranks-the-same-old-scratched-wax-cylinder.html","title":{"rendered":"Lame-duck Lofton cranks the same old scratched wax cylinder"},"content":{"rendered":"After he gave his \ngoodbye speech<\/a>,\nI\n\nwished him happiness in Myrtle Beach<\/a>\nand thought maybe he’d make a graceful exit.\nNope, he’s still cranking the Edison phonograph on the same old\nscratched wax cylinder.\nHere he is last week responding to James Wright\nand dozens of other people in the same thread\nto which I later posted\nIt’s an opportunity.<\/a>\nIn Lofton’s case, he’s still fixated on the losing proposition of biomass fuels.\n-jsq\n
\nDate: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:59:49 -0400\n

\nJames:\n

\n
\n\n<\/a>\n
\n\n\n\u00a9 BrokenSphere \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/a>\n<\/small>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\nThanks so much for sharing this and for your continued strong support of our\nclient’s green renewable energy project. In addition to assisting the\ncountry in reducing our consumption of middle eastern fuel and improving the\nenvironment, this project will provide a much needed economic impact for\nlandowners of every race, and the Industrial Authority will assist in the\nefforts underway to assist local farmers. Google “benefits of biomass\nelectricity,”\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
\nand you will see why over 95% of all environmental groups in\nAmerica support this form of renewable energy. You will also understand why\nover 50% of all the renewable energy generated in America today is from\nbiomass. You will also understand why the U.S. Department of Energy and\nAgriculture, President Obama, and his entire cabinet are promoting\nbio-energy as key to America’s future. You will understand why biomass\nfacilities are being developed not only in progressive communities in the\ncountry, but also at major universities, medical hospitals, and military\ninstallations.\nPlease see the following link from researches at Duke and Georgia Tech and\nnote their support of renewable energy as a way to save Southeastern U.S.\nratepayers substantial money in the next thirty years.\n\nhttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=63202<\/a>\nJames, rest assured\nthat our team will continue developing renewable energy options not only for\nthe jobs, the regional economic impact, the assistance it will provide\nhomeowners and ratepayers in our region, but also for the tremendous\nenvironmental benefits they bring.\n

\nRegards,\n

\nBL\n

\nBrad Lofton\n
\nExecutive Director\n
\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority\n
\n2110 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA\n
\n229-259-9972 local\n
\n877-259-9972 toll free\n
\n229-300-3179 cell\n
\nVisit us online @\n\nwww.IndustrialAuthority.com<\/a>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nWhen I responded to James Wright with\n\nIt’s an opportunity<\/a>, I copied Lofton among all the others on the Cc: list, and got this autresponse from Lofton:\n

\nThis message was created automatically by mail delivery software.\n

\nA message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its\nrecipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:\n\n\n<\/a>\nYour email is blocked! The Wiregrass Power, LLC project has been\nenthusiastically approved by every level of government, endorsed\nby environmental groups across America, reviewed by experts from\nenvironmental groups, major universities and federal and state agencies.\nThe project is moving forward in accordance with state and federal law.\nThe permit was approved and issued on July 19, 2010 by Georgia\\222s\nEnvironmental Protection Division (EPD), and the required zoning was\nunanimously approved by Lowndes County Board of Commissioners on June 9,\n2009. The Industrial Authority is committed to the creation of renewable\nenergy and green jobs. Members of the community are encouraged to go to\nour website at www.industrialauthority.com or schedule an appointment to\nmeet with our staff for more information. Thank you for your interest\nin this project.\n<\/blockquote>\nLofton has so much failed to argue the actual issues of the matter\nthat he’s now reduced to autoresponding with\n\nthe same old tired appeal to authority he’s been cranking out for more than a year.<\/a>\nI hear he’s blocked other people, as well.\nIs this what our tax dollars should be paying for,\nautoresponses to substantive proposals about economic development?\n

\nNow Lofton wants us to just google.\nOK, I googled, and I found the document you see on the right.\nIt makes just as much sense as Lofton’s pronouncements, and\nseems about as old.\n

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