{"id":23351,"date":"2023-01-13T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T16:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=23351"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:54:06","slug":"survey-petition-letters-speak-against-conmmercial-development-on-ga-122-at-skipper-bridge-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2023\/01\/survey-petition-letters-speak-against-conmmercial-development-on-ga-122-at-skipper-bridge-road.html","title":{"rendered":"Survey, petition, letters, speak against conmmercial development on GA 122 at Skipper Bridge Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2023-01-21<\/strong>:\r\nPacket: Dollar General rezoning again, VLDA appointment, 2 subdivision infrastructure, special assessment rate, DA VOCA, server blades @ LCC 2023-01-23<\/a>.\r\n

\r\nIf you do not think “commercial and shopping options in Lowndes County”\r\nshould include a development foothold in an agricultural and forestry area<\/a>,\r\nhere are ways you can oppose it: a survey, a petition, letters, call your Commissioner, and speak in the Public Hearing.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Trash<\/a>\r\n
Trash bags across GA 122 from the rezoning notice sign<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nSomebody identified only as “Joe w\/ WG Research”\r\nis sending text messages with\r\n\r\na survey<\/a> that includes this question:\r\n

\r\n

\r\n4. Would you be in favor of a new and architecturally enhanced Dollar General in North Lowndes County located on GA Hwy 122?\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nNo doubt they want to hear from everybody.\r\nSo please answer\r\n\r\nthe survey<\/a> and get friends and relatives who oppose that rezoning to answer it.\r\n
\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/survey.alchemer.com\/s3\/7170646\/Lowndes-County?x=2DCD7BDE9<\/a>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Trash<\/a>\r\n
Trash in the ditch next to the sign<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nPlease sign\r\n\r\nthe petition against the rezoning<\/a>:\r\n
\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/stop-rural-development-dollar-general-122-skipper-bridge<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Notice<\/a>\r\n
Notice of Public Hearing, REZ-2022-20, E-A to C-C, 2023-01-24<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nBe ready so speak in the\r\n\r\nPublic Hearing at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, January 24, 2023<\/a>,\r\nat the\r\nLowndes County Judicial and Administrative Complex,\r\nCommission Chambers, 2nd Floor,\r\n327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia.\r\n

\r\nBefore then, you can get letters (email or paper) to the Commissioners.\r\nAll that you write will be visible to open records requests.\r\nIf you only speak, the minutes will only record\r\na sentence or two summary, not everything you said.\r\n

\r\nAsk them to reject the zoning, with whatever reasons you have.\r\nEconomics and Comprehensive Plan may be the most persuasive,\r\nalthough personal anecdotes are great.\r\n

\r\nDo not demand: that just makes them mad.\r\n

\r\nProbably it goes without saying, do not threaten.\r\nThat would make everybody look bad.\r\n

\r\nYou can reach all the Lowndes County Commissioners\r\nthrough\r\n\r\ncommissioner@lowndescounty.com<\/a>\r\n

\r\nOr follow the\r\nlinks to the individual Commissioners for their specific\r\naddresses.\r\n
\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/lowndescounty.com\/181\/Board-of-Commissioners<\/a>\r\n

\r\nIf you want to send a letter on paper:\r\n
\r\nLowndes County Commissioners\r\n
327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia, 31601\r\n

\r\nOr to Lowndes County Commissioner [Their Name].\r\n

\r\nTheir telephone numbers are in there, too.\r\nBest is if you both call them and send them a written letter.\r\n

\r\nGet your friends and relatives to call and write, as well.\r\n

\r\nThink of who your Commissioner listens to. Get that person to call them.\r\n

\r\nSo keep those survey forms, petition signatures, letters, and phone calls going in, and be ready for January 24th.\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research. You can donate to LAKE today<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2023-01-21: Packet: Dollar General rezoning again, VLDA appointment, 2 subdivision infrastructure, special assessment rate, DA VOCA, server blades @ LCC 2023-01-23. If you do not think “commercial and shopping options in Lowndes County” should include a development foothold in an agricultural and forestry area, here are ways you can oppose it: a survey, a […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[202,552,14,49,740,20,88,10675,3,449,479,55],"tags":[8750,1847,8777,592,8704,8721,8801,4417,8701,8702,8710,7808,12,7,8734,11969,699,11895,255,7857,8195,2517,383,8700,8767,8773,1156,8169,6,8727,58],"class_list":["post-23351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-comprehensive-plan","category-economy","category-elections","category-forestry","category-law","category-lowndes-county-commission","category-taxes","category-transparency","category-transportation","category-trash","category-water","tag-agriculture","tag-campaign-contributions","tag-comprehensive-plan","tag-dollar-general","tag-economy","tag-elections","tag-forestry","tag-ga-122","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-law","tag-letters","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-mary-s-harris","tag-petition","tag-rez-2022-20","tag-rezoning","tag-silviculture","tag-skipper-bridge-road","tag-survey","tag-taxes","tag-transparency","tag-transportation","tag-trash","tag-uldc","tag-unified-land-development-code","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-withlacoochee-river"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-64D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23351"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23381,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23351\/revisions\/23381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}