{"id":2313,"date":"2011-03-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/farewell-second-take-gary-minchew-vlcia-15-mar-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-16T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T19:00:00","slug":"farewell-second-take-gary-minchew-vlcia-15-mar-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/farewell-second-take-gary-minchew-vlcia-15-mar-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Farewell second take &#8211;Gary Minchew @ VLCIA 15 Mar 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6MiOpGg-aSw\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6MiOpGg-aSw\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nFormer VLCIA board member Gary Minchew<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6MiOpGg-aSw\"><br \/>\nsaid he wanted to have a Take 2 on his goodbye speech.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI have great admiration for what y&#8217;all are doing,<br \/>\nsticking to your guns.<br \/>\nI learned a lot.<br \/>\nOne thing I didn&#8217;t learn was to keep my mouth shut.<br \/>\nI run into a guy the other day who remembered me from<br \/>\na college course from the University of Georgia.<br \/>\nThe only thing he remembered was me and the professor,<br \/>\nand I always argued with him.<br \/>\nAnd you pay the price for saying what you believe.<br \/>\nI paid the price in that course.<br \/>\nI think in that course I got the only A I ever made in college.<br \/>\nI mean, really,<br \/>\nanybody in politics that can sit there and take whatever<br \/>\nis dished out and you stick to your beliefs, I have the greatest<br \/>\nadmiration in the world for you.<br \/>\nWe did not always agree, but I have the greatest admiration for you,<br \/>\nand that&#8217;s great.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a lot more fun sitting out here than it is up there.<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t break down this time, so give me a break.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MiOpGg-aSw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nFormer board member Gary Minchew at the<br \/>\n<br \/>\nregular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNorman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nJ. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager, 15 March 2011.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s interesting that he accurately characterizes what VLCIA does as politics.<br \/>\nAlso that he refers to beliefs, but says nothing about evidence or facts<br \/>\nor the community.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor reference, here is<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/an-expensive-hobby-gary-minchews-vlcia-parting-speech.html\"><br \/>\nGary Minchew&#8217;s parting speech Take 1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former VLCIA board member Gary Minchew said he wanted to have a Take 2 on his goodbye speech. I have great admiration for what y&#8217;all are doing, sticking to your guns. I learned a lot. One thing I didn&#8217;t learn was to keep my mouth shut. 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