{"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>\nA citizen expressed concerns about lack of transparency in SPLOST,<br \/>\nat the<br \/>\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#\"><br \/>\nLowndes County Commission Regular Session 2013-10-22<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"font-style: normal\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1TureHaYY4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFoJXlECeUNAps1_jYPXfN_&#038;index=14\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/v1TureHaYY4\/default.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1TureHaYY4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFoJXlECeUNAps1_jYPXfN_&#038;index=14\">Video.<\/a><br \/>\nHe remarked that Commissioner Joyce Evans was the only one he knew,<br \/>\nall the rest were new.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said he would also talk to the Valdosta City Council that Thursday.<br \/>\n(Later I told him they had<br \/>\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\"><br \/>\ncancelled that meeting due to lack of agenda items<\/a>; he did speak<br \/>\nat the following Valdosta City Council meeting.)<br \/>\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<br \/>\ntobacco on that site it was underwater then when it flooded.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe especially didn&#8217;t like that the county didn&#8217;t list what projects<br \/>\nit was going to fund with SPLOST.<br \/>\nI agree with him about that part.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1TureHaYY4&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiFoJXlECeUNAps1_jYPXfN_&#038;index=14\"><br \/>\nthe video:<\/a><!--more-->\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v1TureHaYY4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAll the rest of you are new &#8211;Sidney Blanton on SPLOST<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 22 October 2013.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A citizen expressed concerns about lack of transparency in SPLOST, at the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session 2013-10-22. Video. He remarked that Commissioner Joyce Evans was the only one he knew, all the rest were new. He said he would also talk to the Valdosta City Council that Thursday. 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