{"id":2378,"date":"2011-02-21T18:24:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T23:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/protesters-police-and-press-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html"},"modified":"2011-02-21T18:24:52","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T23:24:52","slug":"protesters-police-and-press-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/protesters-police-and-press-at-wiregrass-solar-llc-groundbreaking.html","title":{"rendered":"Protesters, police, and press at Wiregrass Solar LLC groundbreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5466582578\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5056\/5466582578_f232bd103c_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nAll these protesters were in favor of the groundbreaking today for the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/wiregrass-solar\">\nWiregrass Solar LLC plant,<\/a> but they wanted to object to the\nrelated biomass plant proposed for next door.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-PR2ZmHBtQc\">\nHere you can<\/a> see Valdosta police saying they&#8217;re going have to\nissue a summons to some protesters because they didn&#8217;t have a permit,\nValdosta Mayor Fretti saying the permit process is simple,\nand Dr. Michael Noll president of Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy (WACE)\nexplaining that they only heard of the event recently,\nand besides he&#8217;d be happy to pick up a shovel and help with the\ngroundbreaking for the solar plant:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-PR2ZmHBtQc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nWiregrass Solar LLC groundbreaking, 21 Feb 2011,<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.<br>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\nEnter the police chief.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3XMgTZRlFic\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5138\/5466630726_7acf469576_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nEventually Valdosta Police Chief Charles Frank Simons\nshowed up and the police decided merely to require the\nprotesters not to bunch together, rather to spread out.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3XMgTZRlFic\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&#8221;\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nWiregrass Solar LLC groundbreaking, 21 Feb 2011,<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.<br>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5465986461\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5013\/5465986461_9fc6a2b036_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThis had the amusing effect of making almost every camera angle include\na protest sign.\nSo far as I know, nobody got arrested nor even a summons.\nI guess the city didn&#8217;t want to turn it into an even bigger press event.\n<p>\nBrad Lofton and Allan Ricketts of the\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)\ninvited the press, but the press don&#8217;t work for VLCIA.\nPictured are Jade Bulecza of WALB\nDavid Rodock of the Valdosta Daily Times (VDT);\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5465975951\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5056\/5465975951_5fa317edd8_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nthere was also a videographer there from VSU.\nSeeing news, they recorded it.\n<p>\nMore later on the actual groundbreaking.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All these protesters were in favor of the groundbreaking today for the Wiregrass Solar LLC plant, but they wanted to object to the related biomass plant proposed for next door. 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