{"id":3416,"date":"2013-05-14T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T14:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2013-05-14T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T14:09:11","slug":"appointees-airport-authority-lcc-2013-05-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/appointees-airport-authority-lcc-2013-05-13.html","title":{"rendered":"Appointees: Airport Authority @ LCC 2013-05-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gkYzTv45m-o\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gkYzTv45m-o\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nOnly one of two potential appointees to the Airport Authority showed up.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nNo mic for County Manager Joe Pritchard at yesterday morning&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/videos-why-do-we-need-to-pave-those-roads-lcc-2013-05-13.html\">\r\nLowndes County Commission Work Session<\/a>,\r\nbut by turning the sound way up I think he said\r\nthe term of Wayne Edwards on the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyvaldosta.com\/airport-information.html\">\r\nValdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority<\/a>\r\nexpired this month,\r\nand there were two applicants:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.manta.com\/c\/mmc74bl\/first-america-home-med-equip\">\r\nJeff Sykes president and CEO of First American Prescription Drugs<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/kevin-mccraney\/9\/658\/7aa\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/m.c.lnkd.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/shrink_200_200\/p\/1\/000\/1a3\/0ab\/3647ca6.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/kevin-mccraney\/9\/658\/7aa\">\r\nKevin McCraney of Georgia Power<\/a>.\r\nJeff Sykes was present and spoke.\r\nMcCraney didn&#8217;t.\r\nMaybe the Commissioners assumed everybody knows McCraney.\r\nI do; but do you?\r\nSykes said:\r\n<\/p><!--more-->\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<a name=\"Sykes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gkYzTv45m-o&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiF2KRb1Y8mb42DLpMBq2oIf&#038;index=1\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gkYzTv45m-o\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nI am an aviation enthusiast, I am a pilot, I think that the airport is\r\nan economic driver for our area, and I want to do everything I can\r\nnot only to keep it open but to expand it in any way possible.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall asked about a conflict\r\n&#8220;with the Chairman Joe Prater at the time&#8221;.\r\nAccording to Jennifer Tanner in the VDT 14 September 2006,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x1155866046\/Authority-chairman-to-meet-with-Delta\/print\">\r\nJoe Prater was Airport Authority Chairman back then<\/a>.\r\nApplicant said the conflict was that Prater&#8217;s appointment was outside\r\nthe city limits, so he, Sykes, gave up his seat so Prater could continue\r\nto serve.\r\nCounty Manager said Sykes had been appointed by the city,\r\nbut he moved outside the city limits.\r\nSykes said he resigned his seat before he moved out into the county.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gkYzTv45m-o\">\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gkYzTv45m-o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nAppointees: Airport Authority\r\n<br>\r\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 13 May 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only one of two potential appointees to the Airport Authority showed up. 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