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