{"id":4046,"date":"2013-06-13T13:06:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T17:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2013-06-13T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T17:53:12","slug":"i-want-a-choice-in-who-i-use-jerome-tucker-lcc-2013-06-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/i-want-a-choice-in-who-i-use-jerome-tucker-lcc-2013-06-11.html","title":{"rendered":"I want a choice in who I use –Jerome Tucker @ LCC 2013-06-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\n“Let me decide who I want to haul my waste,”\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nsaid a former Chairman of the Industrial Authority\r\nat Tuesday night’s\r\n\r\nLowndes County Commission Regular Session<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Jerome<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Bill<\/a>\r\nJerome Tucker thanked\r\n\r\nCommissioner John Page for bringing up the topic of freedom<\/a>,\r\nsince that was his main topic, too.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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\r\nI’m here to talk about… where I have a choice who handles my waste…\r\n

\r\n\"Joyce<\/a>\r\nCary didn’t come to me looking for business.\r\nI saw his truck come along and I flagged it down.\r\nBecause Veolia crushed my trash can, leaves the lid open,\r\ndumps trash beside the road…\r\n\r\nso every time Veolia dumps my trash I have to get out side the road\r\nand pick up trash.\r\nSo I flagged Cary’s truck down.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n\"John<\/a>\r\nHe talked about he and\r\n\r\n\r\nCary Scarborough<\/a> talking about growing Cary’s company\r\nso Cary’s son could go into business.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nI don’t know.\r\nMaybe I missed it.\r\nBecause I wake up most mornings going somewhere else.\r\nBut I don’t remember many ribbon cuttings going on in the\r\nValdosta and Lowndes County area.\r\nAnd here we are talking about putting one out of business.\r\nA single truck, a single company, one man show.\r\n\r\n\"Richard<\/a>\r\nThat’s wrong.\r\nI want a choice in who I use.\r\n

\r\n\r\nAnd I appreciate your concern about my money.\r\nBut I didn’t ask for your concern.\r\nI want to be the one to decide who I use to haul my waste.\r\nAnd I’m willing to pay more money for better service.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n\"Demarcus<\/a>\r\nHe continued with examples of better service from Deep South Sanitation,\r\nand concluded:\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\nLet me decide who I want to haul my waste.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n\"Crawford<\/a>\r\nThe crowd applauded.\r\nThe Commissioners did not.\r\nThey sat with poker faces and said nothing, even though\r\n\r\ntheir own rules say:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n7. Commissioners may in their discretion respond to a speaker at the conclusion of the speaker’s presentation. \r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nHere’s\r\n\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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