{"id":2345,"date":"2011-03-05T17:58:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T22:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/noaa-weather-radios-think-before-you-act-jl-clark-lcc-22-feb-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-05T17:58:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T22:58:24","slug":"noaa-weather-radios-think-before-you-act-jl-clark-lcc-22-feb-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/noaa-weather-radios-think-before-you-act-jl-clark-lcc-22-feb-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"NOAA Weather Radios: &#8220;think before you act&#8221; &#8211;J.L. Clark, LCC, 22 Feb 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ifoy9V2_djU\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ifoy9V2_djU\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe week after <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/noaa-weather-radios-wasteful-spending-richard-raines.html\">Commissioner Raines\nsaid NOAA Weather Radios were &#8220;wasteful spending&#8221;<\/a>\nand the commission voted 2:1 against them,\nJ.L. Clark asked the Commission to &#8220;think before you act&#8221;.\n<p>\nClark pointed out that nobody said anything when the state effectively\nraised property taxes.\nHe read off a list of other grants the county has accepted,\nand asked:\n<blockquote>\nAre you going to return those grants?\nI think not.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe brought up a recent earthquake and pointed out those radios\nwould be quite useful in such a natural disaster.\n<blockquote>\nI ask the Commissioners to think before you act,\nand not to react to you-know-what.\n<\/blockquote>\nThe commissioners made no response.\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rx7SyyutlXU\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ifoy9V2_djU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nLowndes County Commission, 22 Feb 2011, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.\n<br>\nVideo by John S. 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