{"id":25835,"date":"2026-06-30T08:27:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25835"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:38:12","slug":"video-budget-public-hearings-lcc-2026-06-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/video-budget-public-hearings-lcc-2026-06-23.html","title":{"rendered":"Video: Budget Public Hearings @ LCC 2026-06-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nThere was actually only one Budget Public Hearing last week.\r\nIt was at\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/notice-two-budget-public-hearings-lcc-2026-06-22.html\">\r\n5 PM, Tuesday, June 23, 2026<\/a>, before the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session.\r\n<p>\r\nThis morning at 8:30 AM there is a\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/notice-special-called-meeting-to-adopt-the-proposed-fy-2027-budget-lcc-2026-06-30.html\">Special Called Meeting to Adopt the Proposed FY 2027 Budget @ LCC 2026-06-30<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nSee that post also for the actual presentation slides for this year,\r\nwhich the county posted on its website the day after that Public Hearing last week.\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25830\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25830<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Video: Budget Public Hearing @ LCC 2026-06-23, One citizen spoke, No Commissioners spoke\" name=\"MMM:Video-Budget-Public-Hearing-LCC-20260623-One-citizen-spoke-No-Commissioners-spoke\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-06-23--lcc-budget-hearing-video\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-06-23--lcc-budget-hearing-video\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Video: Budget Public Hearing @ LCC 2026-06-23, One citizen spoke, No Commissioners spoke]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2026-06-23--lcc-budget-hearing-video\/many.html\">Video: Budget Public Hearing @ LCC 2026-06-23, One citizen spoke, No Commissioners spoke<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nMeanwhile, here is the LAKE video of the June 23 Public Hearing,\r\nin which you can see Finance Director Stephanie Black presenting them.\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QDp8cB2eh0c?si=5qPxAX9OWWEZiDg9\">\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/QDp8cB2eh0c?si=5qPxAX9OWWEZiDg9<\/a><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QDp8cB2eh0c?si=5qPxAX9OWWEZiDg9\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nOne citizen actually spoke.\r\nI think he said his name was Lewis Gordon. He said his address was 743 Lausanne Drive, but that&#8217;s owned by an LLC, so I can&#8217;t confirm his name.\r\nHe wanted to know about positions still on the books.\r\nCounty Manager Paige Dukes said there were such positions.\r\n<p>\r\nThe County Commissioners had no questions or comments.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was actually only one Budget Public Hearing last week. It was at 5 PM, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, before the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session. 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