{"id":4319,"date":"2013-06-24T09:59:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2013-06-24T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T15:46:19","slug":"paul-alvarado-attorney-for-zboa-lcc-2013-06-10-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/paul-alvarado-attorney-for-zboa-lcc-2013-06-10-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Paul Alvarado, Attorney, for ZBOA @ LCC 2013-06-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another board, another incumbent reappointed. <a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9124295619\/sizes\/z\/\"\r\ntitle=\r\n\"Paul Alvarado, Attorney for ZBOA @ LCC 2013-06-10\"><img style=\r\n\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\r\n\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5474\/9124295619_b56d407ca4_m.jpg\"\r\nalt=\"Paul Alvarado, Attorney for ZBOA @ LCC 2013-06-10\"><\/a> Now\r\nI&#8217;m not saying that&#8217;s a bad thing: experience and continuity can be\r\nuseful. But I do think applicants could say more about why they\r\nwant the job and Commissioners could ask a few questions about\r\ntheir experience on the board. At least applicants are mostly\r\nshowing up to speak; that&#8217;s an improvement.<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>5.c. Valdosta\/Lowndes County Zoning Board of\r\nAppeals<\/blockquote>\r\n<p><a href=\r\n\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-BlIrm5sh8\"><img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"\r\nsrc=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/H-BlIrm5sh8\/default.jpg\"><\/a> At the\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/videos-3-appointments-1-rezoning-2-wastewater-lcc-2013-06-10.html\">\r\n10 June 2013 Work Session<\/a>, <a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/content.asp?pid=23&amp;id=2581\">Zoning\r\nAdministrator Carmella Braswell<\/a> introduced applicant Paul\r\nAlvarado. He said he had been serving since 2007, and was not only\r\na voting member of ZBOA, but also had been providing legal\r\nadvice.<\/p>\r\n<p>Now I have used Alvarado as an attorney, and have<!--more--> nothing but\r\ngood to say of him, but I do think applicants could say more than\r\nthat about why they want to be on a board. Here&#8217;s an example of\r\n<a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/videos-of-zboa-april-meeting-zboa-2013-04-02.html\">\r\nZBOA at work<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\r\n\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-BlIrm5sh8\">Part 1 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\"><iframe title=\r\n\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\r\n\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-BlIrm5sh8\" frameborder=\"0\"\r\nallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br>\r\nPaul Alvarado, Attorney, for ZBOA Part 1 of 2:<br>\r\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange\r\n(LAKE),<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 June 2013.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\r\n\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qoflmFUuPxs\"><img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"\r\nsrc=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/qoflmFUuPxs\/default.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>At the <a href=\r\n\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/videos-mostly-trash-plus-3-appointments-1-rezoning-2-wastewater-lcc-2013-06-11.html\">\r\nRegular Session 11 June 2013<\/a>, Commissioners still had no\r\nquestions and unanimously reappointed Alvarado to ZBOA.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\r\n\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qoflmFUuPxs\">Part 2 of 2:<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\"><iframe title=\r\n\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\r\n\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qoflmFUuPxs\" frameborder=\"0\"\r\nallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br>\r\nPaul Alvarado, Attorney, for ZBOA Part 2 of 2:<br>\r\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange\r\n(LAKE),<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 June 2013.<\/p>\r\n<p>-jsq<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another board, another incumbent reappointed. Now I&#8217;m not saying that&#8217;s a bad thing: experience and continuity can be useful. But I do think applicants could say more about why they want the job and Commissioners could ask a few questions about their experience on the board. 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