{"id":2423,"date":"2011-02-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/what-was-missing-from-brad-loftons-speech.html"},"modified":"2011-02-04T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T22:00:00","slug":"what-was-missing-from-brad-loftons-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/what-was-missing-from-brad-loftons-speech.html","title":{"rendered":"What was missing from Brad Lofton&#8217;s speech?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like there&#8217;s something<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/view_play_list?p=747C0F07546DE0F5\"><br \/>\nfrom Brad Lofton&#8217;s speech at the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce on 28 January 2011.<\/a><br \/>\nRight at the end<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CyEMj5jpoD4\"><br \/>\nhe mentioned<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\na project we&#8217;ve been working on\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CyEMj5jpoD4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nBrad Lofton, Executive Director, Valdosta-Lowndes COunty Industrial Authority,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nspeaking at the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce annual dinner,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLake Park, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 January 2011.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nWhat could that project be?<\/p>\n<p>\nRight at the beginning<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dOwWPvOCcUM\"><br \/>\nLofton said:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nBen Copeland beat me slap silly\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe that&#8217;s a clue.<br \/>\nWhat did Ben Copeland<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ki90e1vfHuQ\"><br \/>\nsay about Brad Lofton?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nBrad Lofton was going to talk after me,<br \/>\nand he&#8217;d talk about biomass.<br \/>\n[laughter]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ki90e1vfHuQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nVideo of Ben Copeland, Past Chairman of the Board, Wiregrass Technical College,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nspeaking at the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce annual dinner,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLake Park, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 January 2011.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nby Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nCopeland<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/biomass-water-usage-as-a-problem-ben-copeland.html\"><br \/>\nalso said:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8220;One of the things that keeps some of these rivers going is the treated effluent that goes into them.<\/p>\n<p>\nNow Brad Lofton wants to use some of that up in a biomass plant.<br \/>\nWe have a problem there.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And Ben Copeland<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lQ2K-cxJpwI\"><br \/>\nconcluded by saying:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI look forward to what my friend Brad Lofton has to say.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s not going to have any question and answer period tonight.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lQ2K-cxJpwI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nVideo of Ben Copeland, Past Chairman of the Board, Wiregrass Technical College,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nspeaking at the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce annual dinner,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLake Park, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 January 2011.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nby Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nWell, Copeland was right: Lofton didn&#8217;t have a Q&amp;A period.<br \/>\nNot that he ever really has.<\/p>\n<p>\nCurious how Ben Copeland has no hesitation mentioning biomass<br \/>\nthree times, and criticizing it, while Brad Lofton can&#8217;t even<br \/>\nbring himself to say the word.<br \/>\nQuite a change from only a few weeks ago when VLCIA took out<br \/>\na full page ad in the VDT about the proposed biomass plant!<\/p>\n<p>\nWho knows? Maybe VLCIA is starting to realize that the biomass<br \/>\nplant is a joke around the county and a huge distraction from<br \/>\nother, much better, work VLCIA is doing.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhich brings us to<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/an-error-was-made-luana-goodwin.html\">Luana Goodwin&#8217;s question in the VDT:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nI wonder if there is any way for the Industrial Authority, County<br \/>\nCommission and City Council to now do the right thing for Lowndes<br \/>\nCounty. How can they save face?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like there&#8217;s something from Brad Lofton&#8217;s speech at the Lake Park Chamber of Commerce on 28 January 2011. 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