{"id":2484,"date":"2011-01-23T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/after-all-the-citizens-left-valdosta-city-council-20-jan-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-01-23T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T14:30:00","slug":"after-all-the-citizens-left-valdosta-city-council-20-jan-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/after-all-the-citizens-left-valdosta-city-council-20-jan-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"After all the citizens left &#8211;Valdosta City Council, 20 Jan 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ym8B4MqG7FI\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ym8B4MqG7FI\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nWant to know what your city council really thinks?\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ym8B4MqG7FI\">\nStay through the <em>entire<\/em> meeting<\/a>\nand you&#8217;ll get some clues; or watch these videos by some who did stay.\nCity Manager, Attorney, and each council member say what&#8217;s on their minds.\nMuch of it addresses some of the questions asked by citizens earlier:\ncracks in the MLK monument, biomass,\ncouncil members answering questions from the audience, etc.\nWhat they <em>didn&#8217;t<\/em> talk about may indicate what various citizens\ndidn&#8217;t succeed in conveying to the council.\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s not like what they were saying was a secret.\nThe VDT reporter was there.\nThey were finishing up the agenda with the sections\n&#8220;7. City Manager&#8217;s Report&#8221;\nand\n&#8220;8. Council Comments&#8221;.\nYou can see them adjourn at the end.\nSome of them groused about the time citizens take up in &#8220;Citizens Wishing to be Heard&#8221;.\n<p>\nBut remember, almost none of those citizens bothered to stay around\nto listen to them.\nAmong the stay-latest: two cameras for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange, providing you these two views:\n\n<!--more-->\n<H3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ym8B4MqG7FI\">\nCloseup, not very good sound<\/a><\/H3>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ym8B4MqG7FI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<H3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wt32GMd7Uho\">\nDistant, better sound<\/a><\/H3>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wt32GMd7Uho\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<H4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Omb8x0x2quA\">\nDistant continued<\/a><\/H3>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Omb8x0x2quA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman\nof the regular meeting of the\nValdosta City Council, 20 Jan 2011,\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to know what your city council really thinks? Stay through the entire meeting and you&#8217;ll get some clues; or watch these videos by some who did stay. City Manager, Attorney, and each council member say what&#8217;s on their minds. 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