{"id":269,"date":"2012-12-11T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T16:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/trash-on-the-table-again-lcc-2012-12-10.html"},"modified":"2012-12-11T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T16:04:54","slug":"trash-on-the-table-again-lcc-2012-12-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/trash-on-the-table-again-lcc-2012-12-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Trash on the table again? @ LCC 2012-12-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nWill the County Commission table trash again,\nor will they make a hasty decision to privatize,\ngranting a monopoly in a public-private partnership,\nand leaving many people in the unincorporated parts\nof Lowndes County to burn their trash, probably including\nmaterials that the rest of us don&#8217;t want to breathe?\nWe can&#8217;t tell from yesterday morning&#8217;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/videos-lcc-2012-12-10.html\">\nLowndes County Commission Work Session<\/a>.\nThey vote or table tonight at 5:30 PM.\n<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c34823274970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c34823274970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\n<blockquote>\n6.b. Solid Waste Ordinance.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\">\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard reminded the Commissioners<\/a>\nthey tabled it last time.\nMaybe they&#8217;ll table it again tonight.\nThey said nothing yesterday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\">\nPart 1 of 2:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VkwBwXIW9N4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nTrash on the table again? Part 1 of 2:\n<br \/>\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 December 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QX3CIgn9dBU\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c3482327a970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c3482327a970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n8.b. Exclusive Franchise Agreement for Residential Solid Waste Collection Services with Advanced\nDisposal Services of Central Alabama, Inc.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nStaff finally told us publicly that\n\n<!--more-->\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/veolia-bought-by-advanced-disposal-services-of-alabama-owned-by-highstar-capital-of-new-york-city-lcc-2012-12-10.html\">\nVeolia has been bought by Advanced Disposal Services of Alabama;<\/a>\nthe County Clerk could have said this in the agenda instead of\nleaving us all guessing.\nCommissioners had no questions about the proposed exclusive\ncontract with ADS, which would also involve closing the\nexisting waste collection stations.\nThe Chairman has asserted in the VDT that\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/privatization-if-its-bad-for-moody-afb-its-bad-for-trash.html\">\nprivatization is bad for Moody AFB<\/a>: so why is it not bad\nfor a county-supplied public health and safety service,\nnamely trash collection?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QX3CIgn9dBU\">\nPart 2 of 2:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QX3CIgn9dBU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nTrash on the table again? Part 2 of 2:\n<br \/>\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 December 2012.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Commission could have staff submit written reports that\ngo in the agenda and minutes, like the Library Board does,\nand then put those online as PDF or HTML linked to an HTML agenda,\nlike Glynn County\nand Richmond County do, and we wouldn&#8217;t have to guess the\nthings like why Veolia&#8217;s name vanished and APS appeared.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will the County Commission table trash again, or will they make a hasty decision to privatize, granting a monopoly in a public-private partnership, and leaving many people in the unincorporated parts of Lowndes County to burn their trash, probably including materials that the rest of us don&#8217;t want to breathe? 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