{"id":2317,"date":"2011-03-16T09:03:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/protesters-at-vlcia-15-march-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-16T09:03:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T13:03:08","slug":"protesters-at-vlcia-15-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/protesters-at-vlcia-15-march-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Protesters at VLCIA, 15 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jN3l-biQM-g\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jN3l-biQM-g\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe first thing I saw when I drove up to the Industrial Authority building:\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jN3l-biQM-g\">\nprotesters outside.<\/a>\nThey don&#8217;t seem to like some biomass plant.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jN3l-biQM-g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nProtesters, Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy (WACE) 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,\n<br> 15 March 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gxMuWzZ84ww\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gxMuWzZ84ww\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nLet&#8217;s ask these two what this is about.\nDr. Michael Noll,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wiregrass-ace.org\/\">\nPresident of Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy<\/a> (WACE)\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gxMuWzZ84ww\">\nsaid:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re here to protest against biomass.\nWe wish Brad Lofton well in his new job,\nbut we want biomass to go as well.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxMuWzZ84ww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nKaren and Michael Noll, Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy (WACE) 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,\n<br>\n15 March 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\nI asked Leigh Touchton, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostanaacp.com\/\">President of\nValdosta-Lowndes NAACP<\/a>\nabout\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/we-would-appreciate-it-if-our-position-was-no-longer-misrepresented-georgia-sierra-club.html\">\na letter she forwarded to LAKE<\/a>, and she\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VxBpC6WL_G4\">\nsaid:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VxBpC6WL_G4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VxBpC6WL_G4\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\n&#8220;Absolutely,\nNAACP went and solicited the Sierra Club for a letter regarding\nthe biomass plant here\nand they totally deconstructed every argument he ever put forth,\nand they said please don&#8217;t misrepresent their position any more.&#8221;\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxBpC6WL_G4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nLeigh Touchton, President, Valdosta-Lowndes NAACP\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,\n<br>\n15 March 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\nI was late, so that&#8217;s all the protesters I had time for; onwards to the VLCIA\nboard meeting.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first thing I saw when I drove up to the Industrial Authority building: protesters outside. They don&#8217;t seem to like some biomass plant. Protesters, Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy (WACE) at the regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA) Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman, J. 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