{"id":406,"date":"2012-10-17T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T16:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/tired-of-seeing-transparency-be-a-constant-source-of-tension-barbara-stratton.html"},"modified":"2012-10-17T12:48:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T16:48:33","slug":"tired-of-seeing-transparency-be-a-constant-source-of-tension-barbara-stratton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/tired-of-seeing-transparency-be-a-constant-source-of-tension-barbara-stratton.html","title":{"rendered":"Tired of seeing transparency be a constant source of tension &mdash;Barbara Stratton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nReceived yesterday on<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/bees-in-the-library-vdt.html\"><br \/>\nBees in the library \u2014VDT<\/a> -jsq\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nThanks for bringing up the question of selling the current library<br \/>\nto SGMC. I tried to follow your link &amp; did not see any reference on<br \/>\nthe page it brought up. I personally have been wondering why the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Local_Wildlife,_stained_glass_window,_Dornoch_Cathedral.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"    class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cc64a36970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cc64a36970c-pi.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ntaxpayers are not privy to any discussions of SGMC purchasing the<br \/>\nproperty. Since SGMC has already purchased the adjoining properties,<br \/>\neffectively land locking the current library, I would think the<br \/>\nlibrary board would have quite a bit of leverage toward negotiating<br \/>\nprice &amp; we the taxpayers have a right to know what is transpiring<br \/>\nbetween them. Everyone I have questioned states they cannot find out<br \/>\nany information about proposed SGMC\/library negotiations or<br \/>\ndiscussions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThankfully LAKE does a lot to solicit transparency within local<br \/>\ngovernment entities &amp; boards. I for one am tired of seeing said<br \/>\ntransparency be a constant source of tension. No one should have to<br \/>\nconstantly work to elicit information that should be readily<br \/>\navailable. I personally will not vote for SPLOST VII or any other<br \/>\nproposed tax until I see local government become more accountable to<br \/>\ntaxpayers. SPLOST VII needs to die so a more responsible proposal<br \/>\ncan be presented. We complain about the federal government not<br \/>\nbalancing the budget, yet local government entities seem intent on<br \/>\ndevising lists littered with wants instead of focusing on needs as<br \/>\nif the economy is thriving. I am an avid library supporter, but I&#39;m<br \/>\nnot willing to blindly accept the current library board (or boards)<br \/>\nopaque tax payer liability assignments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-Barbara Stratton\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Received yesterday on Bees in the library \u2014VDT -jsq Thanks for bringing up the question of selling the current library to SGMC. I tried to follow your link &amp; did not see any reference on the page it brought up. I personally have been wondering why the taxpayers are not privy to any discussions of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,1148,22,52,3],"tags":[8721,8820,8701,135,8702,405,12,7,8712,8724,1157,8700,6],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections","category-fpsc","category-politics","category-splost","category-transparency","tag-elections","tag-fpsc","tag-georgia","tag-kay-harris","tag-lake","tag-library","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-politics","tag-splost","tag-splost-vii","tag-transparency","tag-valdosta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}