{"id":6270,"date":"2013-10-22T20:39:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T00:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2013-10-22T20:42:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T00:42:44","slug":"pipeline-complaints-heard-at-lowndes-county-commission-lcc-2013-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/pipeline-complaints-heard-at-lowndes-county-commission-lcc-2013-10-22.html","title":{"rendered":"Pipeline complaints heard at Lowndes County Commission @ LCC 2013-10-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nYou don&#8217;t see this every day.\r\nAfter several citizens spoke in the Commission meeting against the proposed\r\nSabal Trail pipeline and asked for the Lowndes County Commission to help them,\r\nfour Commissioners stayed afterwards to listen to citizens:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/10431029056\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Four Commissioners listening to citizens\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7324\/10431029056_bd3f282b60_z.jpg\" alt=\"Four Commissioners listening to citizens\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\nL-R:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/request-pipeline-town-hall-tim-bland-to-lcc.html\">\r\nTim Bland<\/a>,\r\na citizen who spoke in the meeting,\r\nJoyce Evans (District 1), Matthew Woody (VDT), John Page (District 4),\r\nBill Slaughter (Chairman), \r\nCarol Singletary,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/lowndes-vs-florida-pipeline.html\">\r\nDemarcus Marshall (District 5)<\/a>, and other citizens.\r\n<br>\r\nPictures by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 October 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nRichard Raines (District 2) left quickly, saying he didn&#8217;t feel well.\r\n<p>\r\nCrawford Powell (District 3) spent the same time talking to\r\nCounty Engineer Mike Fletcher (who\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/spectra-met-lowndes-and-valdosta-pipeline-2013-10-16.html\">\r\nwas at the Spectra meeting a week ago<\/a>)\r\nabout what could be done.\r\nThere are things the county can ask for, and maybe get,\r\nthat individual citizens cannot so easily accomplish.\r\n<p>\r\nVideo of the Commission meeting will follow, including\r\nthe citizens speaking.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You don&#8217;t see this every day. 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