{"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,<br \/>\nor will they make a hasty decision to privatize,<br \/>\ngranting a monopoly in a public-private partnership,<br \/>\nand leaving many people in the unincorporated parts<br \/>\nof Lowndes County to burn their trash, probably including<br \/>\nmaterials that the rest of us don&#8217;t want to breathe?<br \/>\nWe can&#8217;t tell from yesterday morning&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/videos-lcc-2012-12-10.html\"><br \/>\nLowndes County Commission Work Session<\/a>.<br \/>\nThey vote or table tonight at 5:30 PM.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c34823274970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c34823274970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n6.b. Solid Waste Ordinance.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\"><br \/>\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard reminded the Commissioners<\/a><br \/>\nthey tabled it last time.<br \/>\nMaybe they&#8217;ll table it again tonight.<br \/>\nThey said nothing yesterday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkwBwXIW9N4\"><br \/>\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><br \/>\nTrash on the table again? Part 1 of 2:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 December 2012.<br \/>\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QX3CIgn9dBU\"><br \/>\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<br \/>\nDisposal Services of Central Alabama, Inc.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nStaff finally told us publicly that<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\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\"><br \/>\nVeolia has been bought by Advanced Disposal Services of Alabama;<\/a><br \/>\nthe County Clerk could have said this in the agenda instead of<br \/>\nleaving us all guessing.<br \/>\nCommissioners had no questions about the proposed exclusive<br \/>\ncontract with ADS, which would also involve closing the<br \/>\nexisting waste collection stations.<br \/>\nThe Chairman has asserted in the VDT that<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/12\/privatization-if-its-bad-for-moody-afb-its-bad-for-trash.html\"><br \/>\nprivatization is bad for Moody AFB<\/a>: so why is it not bad<br \/>\nfor a county-supplied public health and safety service,<br \/>\nnamely trash collection?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QX3CIgn9dBU\"><br \/>\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><br \/>\nTrash on the table again? Part 2 of 2:<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 December 2012.<br \/>\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Commission could have staff submit written reports that<br \/>\ngo in the agenda and minutes, like the Library Board does,<br \/>\nand then put those online as PDF or HTML linked to an HTML agenda,<br \/>\nlike Glynn County<br \/>\nand Richmond County do, and we wouldn&#8217;t have to guess the<br \/>\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":"<p>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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