{"id":4668,"date":"2013-07-11T14:39:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4668"},"modified":"2013-07-11T14:43:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T18:43:25","slug":"call-to-arms-james-wright-vcc-2013-07-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/call-to-arms-james-wright-vcc-2013-07-11.html","title":{"rendered":"CALL TO ARMS –James Wright @ VCC 2013-07-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nReceived a few minutes ago. -jsq<\/p>\n

\n

\nA call to arms, I wanted to share with you a e-mail I received from
\nNolan Cox. I find his message offensive and seem as if he has a real
\n
\n<\/a>
\nissue with low income residents. It would mean a lot if you can make
\nit to the Council meeting (5:30 p.m.) as I plan to address this
\nduring Council Comments and hope that we can get input from the
\ncommunity regarding this statement below. Your presence will help
\nus get the point across that our community mean something.\n<\/p>\n

\nI have also included my response to Mr. Cox\n<\/p>\n

\nNolan Cox- Tea Party\/Republican Party President\n<\/p>\n

\n“As I listened to your discussion at the City Council work
\nsession about the “need” to give away $800,000 of
\ntaxpayer’s money through the Federal Home Loan Bank Program grant,
\nI was thinking that only about half of Americans pay federal income
\ntaxes, and 43% of every federal dollar spent is borrowed, with the
\ninterest on the nation’s $17 trillion debt soon to be larger than
\nthe nation’s defense budget. Defense spending is a legitimate
\nconstitutional function of the federal government, but repairing
\nhouses, like most welfare giveaway programs, is not a legitimate
\nfunction of government—local or federal. Seeing that the city
\ngets 20% of the money in administrative fees ($160,000), I
\nunderstand your urgency. Off-budget money provides a lot of
\nflexibility in spending. So often, giveaway programs are there to
\nbuy votes from the uninformed and keep politicians in office. I
\nthink it is shameful and immoral for the city council to even apply
\nfor such federal grant money, knowing our nation is bankrupt in a
\nrecession and knowing our grandchildren will repay the loans. Dad,
\neveryone else is doing it, why shouldn’t I?”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nMy response\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n“Nolan, I would be very interested in how you propose we deal
\nwith the housing issue? Secondly, I do believe this is a loan but a
\ngrant. I have family who live in housing project. They are not
\ntheir by choice. My family who live in the areas are their because
\nour land was taken\/stolen and their husbands passed away.\n<\/p>\n

\nI have documents to support my statements, how do we correct this
\nwrong.” (James R. Wright)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nSincerely,\n<\/p>\n

\nCouncilmember James Wright
\n
\nValdosta City Council, District 1
\n
\nCity Of Valdosta
\n
\nP.O. Box 1125
\n
\n216 E. Central Ave.
\n
\nValdosta, GA 31603
\nwright@valdostacity.com
\nwww.valdostacity.com
\nValdosta…A City Without Limits\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nI’m pretty sure it’s Nolen Cox, that he’s no longer the president
\nof the local Republican Party, and I think some of this dollar figures are questionable,
\nbut I have posted the letters from Council Wright
\n and Nolen Cox exactly as I received them.\n<\/p>\n

\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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