{"id":2384,"date":"2011-02-20T09:53:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T14:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/vlcia-payments-for-6-dec-2010-biomass-forum.html"},"modified":"2011-02-20T09:53:16","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T14:53:16","slug":"vlcia-payments-for-6-dec-2010-biomass-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/vlcia-payments-for-6-dec-2010-biomass-forum.html","title":{"rendered":"VLCIA Payments for 6 Dec 2010 biomass &#8220;Forum&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/biomass\/2010-12-06--vlcia\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/iBeVljkejo4\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nVLCIA spent\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/biomass\/2010-12-06--vlcia\/InfoXExchange-PanelXDiscussionXPCSXFees_AdminXCost-1.pdf\">\nmore than\n$17,000 on speakers and catering<\/a> for their 6 Dec 2010 &#8220;Forum&#8221;, according\nto VLCIA&#8217;s response to an open records request.\nYet local speakers against the biomass plant\nwho would have charged nothing were not\ninvited to be on the panel.\nVLCIA insists on referring to it as an &#8220;information exchange&#8221;,\neven though their hand-picked moderator said\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/12\/vlcia-biomass-event-qa.html\">\n&#8220;we&#8217;re not going to get into debate.&#8221;<\/a>\n<p>\nHere is a summary of the expenses:\n\n<!--more-->\n<ul>\n<li>\n$1,313.41 to Milster Engineering, L.L.C. of Iowa City, Iowa.\nFerman Milster is\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uiowa.edu\/annual-report-09\/profiles\/profile6\/transcript.html\">\nan Associate Director of the University of Iowa Power Plant,<\/a>\nwhich burns oat hulls.\n<li>\n$3,242.00 to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepartongroup.com\/contact.php\">\nthe Parton Group of Lilburn, Georgia.<\/a>\n<li>\n$6,330.75 to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hswmr.com\/\">\nHazardous Substance &#038; Waste Management Research, Inc.<\/a>\nof Tallahasee, Florida, which is\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hswmr.com\/teaf.html\">\nDr. Christopher Teaf<\/a>&#8216;s group.\nIt&#8217;s long list of <a href=\"http:\/\/hswmr.com\/pubclients.html\">\npublic sector clients<\/a> curiously does not include VLCIA.\n<li>\n$4,681.55 to\n<a href=\"http:\/\/greenfieldadvisors.com\/\">\nGreenfield Advisors LLC<\/a> of Seattle, WA,\nwhich also has an Atlanta office,\nand lists <a href=\"http:\/\/greenfieldadvisors.com\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=93:clifford-lipscomb&#038;catid=42:analysts&#038;Itemid=162\">\nDr. Clifford A. Lipscomb<\/a> as an analyst.\n<li>\n$1,092.97 to James H. Rainwater Conference Center, Valdosta, Georgia\nfor food, service, and room.\n<li>\n$274.88 to James H. Rainwater Conference Center, Valdosta, Georgia\nfor Chef&#8217;s Choice Buffet Dinner, Banquet Furnishing Fee, and service.\n<li>\n$499.00 = 5 * $99.80\nto Hampton Inn and Suites for rooms for each of\nFerman Milster,\nStan Parton,\nCliff Lipscomb,\nBob McCann,\nand\nGil Waldman.\nRobert McCann, Jr. is with Golder Associates Inc.\nGilbert Waldman is vice president and general manager of Sterling Energy Assets,\nthe parent corporation of the Wiregrass Power LLC shell corp.\nDr. Teaf&#8217;s group itemized $77.00 as travel expenses.\n<li>\n$17,434.56 total\n<\/ul>\nSome of these expenses include telephone calls, research, and preparation of reports,\nin addition to speaking at the event and travel to and from.\n<p>\nCuriously missing from the list is any costs for the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/vlcia-biomass-website.html\">\nvideos the City of Valdosta videographer took of the event<\/a> for VLCIA.\nWho paid for those?\n<p>\nThis accounting of expenses was obtained through an open records request\nand given to LAKE.\nMore information on that event is\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/topics\/biomass\/2010-12-06--vlcia\/\">\navailable on the LAKE website.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VLCIA spent more than $17,000 on speakers and catering for their 6 Dec 2010 &#8220;Forum&#8221;, according to VLCIA&#8217;s response to an open records request. 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