{"id":70,"date":"2013-02-27T11:48:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T16:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/really-really-shocking-and-surprising-that-this-road-would-be-closed-as-much-public-purpose-that-it-serves-april-huntley.html"},"modified":"2013-02-27T11:48:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T16:48:29","slug":"really-really-shocking-and-surprising-that-this-road-would-be-closed-as-much-public-purpose-that-it-serves-april-huntley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/really-really-shocking-and-surprising-that-this-road-would-be-closed-as-much-public-purpose-that-it-serves-april-huntley.html","title":{"rendered":"Really, really, shocking and surprising that this road would be closed as much public purpose that it serves &mdash;April Huntley @ LCC 2013-02-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RGv3pmTZe-M\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c372140a0970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c372140a0970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nApril Huntley\nresponded in shock to the Commission&#8217;s mysterious ruling against the public\nat the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2013\/02\/videos-commission-voted-against-the-people-lcc-2013-02-26.html#Hotchkiss\">\n26 Febuary 2013 Lowndes County Commission meeting,<\/a>\nto close the only public access to the Alapaha River in Lowndes County.\nThe County Attorney and the County Manager appeared to be busy working\non something else and paying no attention.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nI don&#8217;t know there&#8217;s a whole lot more to say.\nReally, really, shocking and surprising that this road would be closed\nas much public purpose that it serves.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n[long pause]\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI&#8217;ve done so much research on it and it&#8217;s in the best interests\nof the public to have this access\nthat&#8217;s been there for over 100 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 2030 plan that the county has, this would cause less destruction\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\nto\nthat area; less change.\nThere&#8217;s already a road there.\nIt only needs parking,\nand signs,\nand rules and regulations that people can abide by.\nAnd the county, after the last time when it was denied,\nshould have worked with the landowner\nto mediate things, to get a decent set in place where\nthis could kept for hundreds more years for our county.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd I hope there will be a way to open it back up.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RGv3pmTZe-M\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RGv3pmTZe-M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<small>\nReally, really, shocking and surprising that this road would be closed as much public purpose that it serves \u2014April Huntley\n<br \/>\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\n<br \/>\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 February 2013.\n<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April Huntley responded in shock to the Commission&#8217;s mysterious ruling against the public at the 26 Febuary 2013 Lowndes County Commission meeting, to close the only public access to the Alapaha River in Lowndes County. 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