{"id":6620,"date":"2013-11-09T10:49:57","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2013-11-09T11:06:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T16:06:33","slug":"all-the-rest-of-you-are-new-sidney-blanton-on-splost-lcc-2013-10-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/all-the-rest-of-you-are-new-sidney-blanton-on-splost-lcc-2013-10-22.html","title":{"rendered":"All the rest of you are new &#8211;Sidney Blanton on SPLOST @ LCC 2013-10-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nA citizen expressed concerns about lack of transparency in SPLOST,\r\nat the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/videos-pipeline-health-insurance-library-and-alcohol-lcc-2013-10-22.html#\">\r\nLowndes County Commission Regular Session 2013-10-22<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1TureHaYY4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFoJXlECeUNAps1_jYPXfN_&#038;index=14\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/v1TureHaYY4\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1TureHaYY4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFoJXlECeUNAps1_jYPXfN_&#038;index=14\">Video.<\/a>\r\nHe remarked that Commissioner Joyce Evans was the only one he knew,\r\nall the rest were new.\r\n<p>\r\nHe said he would also talk to the Valdosta City Council that Thursday.\r\n(Later I told him they had\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/cancelled-due-to-lack-of-agenda-items-valdosta-city-council-meeting-vcc-2013-10-24.html\">\r\ncancelled that meeting due to lack of agenda items<\/a>; he did speak\r\nat the following Valdosta City Council meeting.)\r\nHe said he wanted the city to say the Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant was their first priority, and he attested that when he used to crop\r\ntobacco on that site it was underwater then when it flooded.\r\n<p>\r\nHe especially didn&#8217;t like that the county didn&#8217;t list what projects\r\nit was going to fund with SPLOST.\r\nI agree with him about that part.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1TureHaYY4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFoJXlECeUNAps1_jYPXfN_&#038;index=14\">\r\nthe video:<\/a><!--more-->\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v1TureHaYY4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nAll the rest of you are new &#8211;Sidney Blanton on SPLOST\r\n<br>\r\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen 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\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A citizen expressed concerns about lack of transparency in SPLOST, at the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 2013-10-22. 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