{"id":3448,"date":"2013-05-16T09:52:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2013-05-16T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:55:12","slug":"give-back-what-ive-had-for-37-years-lamar-clements-lcc-2013-05-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/give-back-what-ive-had-for-37-years-lamar-clements-lcc-2013-05-14.html","title":{"rendered":"Give back what I&#8217;ve had for 37 years &#8211;Lamar Clements @ LCC 2013-05-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UJE95k9MFx4\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/UJE95k9MFx4\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nA Lowndes County resident asked for school bus safety and his land back\r\nthat the county took; this was in the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/videos-paving-and-suing-lcc-2013-05-14.html\">\r\nLowndes County Commission Regular Session Tuesday<\/a>:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nI was asked to do this for the benefit of our community.\r\nLamar Clements is my name,\r\nand my wife Winona.\r\nWe live at 5138 Coppage Road, out in Hahira.\r\nSo you&#8217;d know, we&#8217;re not new residents out there.\r\nWe&#8217;ve lived there 37 years.\r\nWe&#8217;ve seen a lot of change.\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8744578494\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Coppage and Griffin Roads\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7287\/8744578494_27bb191907_m.jpg\" alt=\"Coppage and Griffin Roads\"><\/a>\r\nMy concern is the corner of Coppage Road and Griffin Road.\r\nI know Mike Fletcher has been recently, visited that location.\r\nI want to report that\r\nI have seen personally as a resident; I&#8217;ve seen two county\r\nschool buses that could have been a fatal accident\r\nbecause of the structure around it.\r\nMy concern, it needs to be eliminated; that will, bottom line save lives.\r\n<p>\r\nSecondly, I live on the corner, and the county has progressively moved\r\nthe road over to the west, which is literally taking my some of my yard.\r\nAll I ask is: give back what I&#8217;ve had for 37 years.\r\nAnd for goodness sake, when I saw those two school buses\r\nthat makes a chill go down your spine\r\nwhen you&#8217;ve got that many children in danger.\r\n<p>\r\nSo it&#8217;s in good hands.\r\nYou guys know what to do.\r\nGo for it.<!--more-->\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/8744578494\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Coppage and Griffin Roads\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7287\/8744578494_27bb191907_z.jpg\" alt=\"Coppage and Griffin Roads\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nYou can see on the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/qpublic7.qpublic.net\/qpmap4\/map.php?county=ga_lowndes&#038;parcel=0068%20%20137&#038;extent=2561175+359973+2566883+361621&#038;layers=parcels+streetnum+roads+parcel_sales\">\r\ntax assessors&#8217; map<\/a> that\r\nGriffin Road twists west from the center of the county right of way\r\nas it joins Coppage Road.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter responded:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\nAll right.\r\nWe&#8217;ll take everything into consideration Mr. Clements.\r\nThank you for your time.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UJE95k9MFx4\">\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\/UJE95k9MFx4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nGive back what I&#8217;ve had for 37 years &#8211;Lamar Clements\r\n<br>\r\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 14 May 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Lowndes County resident asked for school bus safety and his land back that the county took; this was in the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session Tuesday: I was asked to do this for the benefit of our community. 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