{"id":3723,"date":"2013-05-31T13:41:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T17:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2013-05-31T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T18:01:35","slug":"if-effingham-county-can-do-it-why-not-lowndes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/if-effingham-county-can-do-it-why-not-lowndes.html","title":{"rendered":"If Effingham County can do it, why not Lowndes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\n<\/a>
\n
\n<\/a>
\nA county half the size of Lowndes has all its Commission
\nmeeting documents online.
\nWhy doesn’t Lowndes?
\nIs there something the Lowndes County Commission doesn’t want
\nus to know?
\nIf not, why are they hiding the people’s business from the people?\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n\"contract<\/a>
\n
\n\"library<\/a>
\n
\n\"applications<\/a>
\n
\n\"board<\/a>
\n
\n\"CPA<\/a>
\nContract change orders,
\nlibrary board bylaws,
\napplications to volunteer for boards,
\nboard responsibilities,
\nCPA agreement letters,
\ninvoices
\nwith
\nitemized expenses,
\nzoning amendment applications,
\ndeeds,<\/p>\n


\n\"invoice\"<\/a>
\n
\n<\/a>
\nplats,
\ncell phone tower applications with maps,
\nand that<\/p>\n

solar farm application<\/a>:<\/p>\n

the Effingham County Commission has
\nall this and more in its
\n
\nmeeting documents<\/a> online along with its agendas and minutes.
\nThe format is kind of clunky: one big PDF for all the meeting documents.
\nBut it’s also easy for any competent County Clerk to assemble and post.
\n
\n\"itemized<\/a>
\n
\n\"zoning<\/a>
\n
\n\"deed\"<\/a>
\n
\n\"plat\"<\/a>
\n
\n\"cell<\/a>
\nThat way local citizens can get all this information without having
\nto guess what they need to find out, file an open records request,
\nwait at least three days (or years), see what excuse the county came up with
\nfor not answering or try to deduce what was left out, etc.\n<\/p>\n

\nWith meeting documents online, you can just go to the web and look.
\nIn Effingham County, with
\n
\nhalf the population<\/a>
\nof Lowndes County:<\/p>\n

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