{"id":2270,"date":"2011-03-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/biomass-protesters-vcc-24-march-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-26T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T17:00:00","slug":"biomass-protesters-vcc-24-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/biomass-protesters-vcc-24-march-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Biomass protesters @ VCC 24 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"Black and white, young and old, conservative and liberal,\ncollege professors and unemployed:\ndozens of them demonstrated against biomass\noutside the Valdosta City Council meeting, 24 March 2011:\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157626353658596\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5308\/5560264612_85e20e0610.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nAs Dr. George said\n\n<!--more-->\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/what-do-you-need-to-see-to-conclude-this-biomass-plant-is-a-bad-idea-dr-mark-patrick-george-vcc-24-march-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5189\/5559688271_a14159a0de_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/what-do-you-need-to-see-to-conclude-this-biomass-plant-is-a-bad-idea-dr-mark-patrick-george-vcc-24-march-2011.html\">\nto the City Council inside:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nThe public outcry about this across the political spectrum, from\nconservative to liberal.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHonk if you hate biomass:\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5559687827\/in\/set-72157626353658596\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5055\/5559687827_0b8a7a2020.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/we-have-plenty-of-sunshine-here-dr-serr\u00e1n-pag\u00e1n-vcc-24-march-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5018\/5559687555_e736d9c0af_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nNot everyone was NIMBY.\nA few protesters also spoke up for solar.\nDr. Serr\u00e1n-Pag\u00e1n\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/we-have-plenty-of-sunshine-here-dr-serr\u00e1n-pag\u00e1n-vcc-24-march-2011.html.html\">\nreminds us that:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nWe have plenty of sunshine here.\n<\/blockquote>\nThe mayor should know we can do solar, because\n<a href=\"<a href=\"http:\/\/lake.typepad.com\/on-the-lake-front\/2011\/02\/mayor-fretti-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html\">\nhe helped break ground for a solar plant about a month ago.<\/a>\n<p>\nMore pictures in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157626353658596\/with\/5560264612\/\">the flickr set.<\/a>\nMore videos to come.\nPictures and videos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE,\nthe Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Black and 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