{"id":328,"date":"2012-11-16T10:34:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T15:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/keep-waste-sites-open-and-reprioritize-splost-william-geyer-lcc-2012-11-13.html"},"modified":"2012-11-16T10:34:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T15:34:08","slug":"keep-waste-sites-open-and-reprioritize-splost-william-geyer-lcc-2012-11-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/keep-waste-sites-open-and-reprioritize-splost-william-geyer-lcc-2012-11-13.html","title":{"rendered":"Keep waste sites open and reprioritize SPLOST —William Geyer @ LCC 2012-11-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\n<\/a>\nWilliam Geyer expressed two widespread opinions,\nkeep the solid waste disposal sites open, and reprioritize SPLOST,\nwhen he spoke at Tuesday’s\n\nLowndes County Commission Regular Session.<\/a>\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard, the driving force behind the waste disposal decision,\nstill wasn’t listening.\n<\/p>\n

Keep the solid waste disposal sites open<\/h3>\nSaying he was William Geyer of 5474 Union Road, Hahira,\nhe asked the Commission to\nreconsider their solid waste plan, and to keep the waste disposal sites open.\n
\nThere’s people out there that can’t afford\nwhat y’all are offering.\nAnd with a budget as large as we got, I know there’s some way\nto keep them open.\nNot only that, Florida has them, and they don’t even man them.\nI talk to a lot of people out there,\nthey don’t come here,\nbut I wish you really would reconsider,\nbecause it is a plus for this county,\nthe elderly,\na lot of people here who are struggling, who can’t afford it.\nI’m not saying I can’t; I can afford it,\nbut there’s a lot of people here who can’t afford it.\n<\/blockquote>\n

Reprioritize SPLOST<\/h3>\nGeyer noted SPLOST was supposed to be for paving roads, but\nlots of roads hadn’t gotten paved.\n
\nAt that first SPLOST meeting, it was around 1984 or 5\nthey did my road, Union Road.\nWhat happened to the rest of the roads that are dirt?\nWe’ve somehow lost our priorities.\nWe want a new library, we want a new this or that.\nWhat about these people who live on these dirt roads\nthat were promised they’d be paved.\nCounty Manager, how many miles of dirt roads do we have in this county?\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\n<\/a>\nCounty Manager Joe Pritchard obviously wasn’t listening,\n“Pardon me?” he said, after the Chairman prodded him.\nHe didn’t know, either; he motioned\n\n\nto County Engineer Mike Fletcher,\nwho responded,\n“About 408.”\n<\/p>\n

\nGeyer continued:\n<\/p>\n

\nWe need to get our priorities right….\nI’m just saying as a person in my first time coming here,\n\nthe people have spoken.<\/a>\nLet’s give them a break.\nThey pay taxes.\nThank you very much.\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nI can attest William Geyer is far from alone in both of his views,\nsince many people have told me the same things.\nIn many days of walking around this county, I have not found one person\nwho likes the county’s waste decision or the way it was decided.\nAnd what happened to some of that SPLOST paving money is\nthey paved some roads whose residents didn’t want them paved\nwhile not paving other roads whose residents did want them paved.\n<\/p>\n

\nHere’s\n\nthe video:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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