{"id":251,"date":"2012-12-18T16:12:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T21:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/farewell-chairman-ashley-paulk-lcc-2012-12-14.html"},"modified":"2012-12-18T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T21:12:05","slug":"farewell-chairman-ashley-paulk-lcc-2012-12-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/farewell-chairman-ashley-paulk-lcc-2012-12-14.html","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Chairman Ashley Paulk @ LCC 2012-12-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFiTrg_C1w-yZNdoRdtfPXO\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017ee663ad2d970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee663ad2d970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nAt the county&#8217;s farewell reception for retiring Chairman Ashley Paulk Friday,\nAttorney General Sam Olens gave him something to hang on the wall,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HGH5lt9cvHs&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiFiTrg_C1w-yZNdoRdtfPXO&amp;index=1\">\nPaulk said a few words<\/a>,\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jas9TbLu0oM&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiFiTrg_C1w-yZNdoRdtfPXO&amp;index=2\">\nread a letter from incoming Chairman Bill Slaughter<\/a>,\nand\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QEFFeS31iS8&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiFiTrg_C1w-yZNdoRdtfPXO&amp;index=3\">\nPritchard said a few words<\/a> and gave Paulk a rocking chair, in which he declined to sit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAt some later date maybe I&#8217;ll post a retrospective about my neighbor\nAshley Paulk, but for now I think the many posts in this blog will serve,\nand meanwhile I look forward to seeing what the new Commission will do\nwith new Commissioners Demarcus Marshall (District 4), John Page (District 5),\nand new Chairman Bill Slaughter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiFiTrg_C1w-yZNdoRdtfPXO\">\na video playlist:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLshUv86fYkiFiTrg_C1w-yZNdoRdtfPXO&amp;hl=en_US\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nFarewell Chairman Ashley Paulk, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 December 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the county&#8217;s farewell reception for retiring Chairman Ashley Paulk Friday, Attorney General Sam Olens gave him something to hang on the wall, Paulk said a few words, County Manager Joe Pritchard read a letter from incoming Chairman Bill Slaughter, and Pritchard said a few 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