{"id":7355,"date":"2014-01-08T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T15:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2014-01-08T10:33:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T15:33:08","slug":"district-2-is-open-seat-for-lowndes-county-commission-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/district-2-is-open-seat-for-lowndes-county-commission-election.html","title":{"rendered":"District 2 is open seat for Lowndes County Commission election"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThe incumbent is not running for election for the northern district of Lowndes\r\nCounty, so it’s an open seat.\r\nHere are\r\n\r\ndistrict maps<\/a>; District 2 is mostly west of Bemiss Road and north of Valdosta.\r\nTo see which districts you’re in, go to\r\n\r\nVALOR GIS Election Boundary Map<\/a>,\r\nin Layers On-Off turn on Lowndes County Commision Districts,\r\nand zoom in on your address.\r\nThe appended letter was\r\nreceived Monday via Commissioner Demarcus Marshall. -jsq\r\n

\r\n

\r\nFrom: Richard Raines\r\n
\r\nSent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 11:06 PM\r\n
\r\nTo: Bill Slaughter; Joyce Evans; Crawford Powell; John Page; Demarcus Marshall; Joe Pritchard; Paige Dukes\r\n
\r\nCc: kay.harris@gaflnews.com\r\n
\r\nSubject: Announcement\r\n

\r\nGood evening everyone. The following message was sent out this\r\nevening to all of my friends and supporters via email and social\r\nmedia. I look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nDear Friends and Supporters:\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nDuring the 2010 Republican Primary I announced to a small gathering\r\nof the Lowndes County Republican Party that, if elected, would not\r\nseek re-election to the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners in\r\n2014. Much has happened since that summer day. In addition to\r\nsecuring my party’s nomination with a sizeable majority of votes, I\r\nsubsequently won the general election by a substantial margin over a\r\nvery qualified Democrat candidate who, if elected, would have served\r\nLowndes County faithfully and with integrity.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nI have worked very hard alongside my fellow Commissioners to serve\r\nas wise stewards over public funds and make decisions that reflect\r\nmy core political values. As with any task related to public\r\nservice, there is more I would like to accomplish. I am, however,\r\ncompelled by my faith and values to honor my campaign promise. I\r\nwill not be seeking re-election to the Lowndes County Board of\r\nCommissioners in 2014. As much as I would like to continue doing the\r\nwork I was elected to do, I am honor bound to keep my promise and am\r\nat peace doing so. I am grateful for the opportunity you have given\r\nme and I will always cherish the friendships I have made while\r\nserving on the Board of Commissioners. I am eternally grateful to my\r\nbest friend and wife, Jessica Raines, for her unwavering support and\r\nlove. I owe my five children a debt for their patience while dad was\r\ndoing “whatever it is he does for the County.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nPrior to making this public announcement I shared this news with my\r\nfamily and a handful of personal friends. The question I am most\r\nasked is, “will you pursue some other type of public service?” While\r\nI am not certain when or for what office, the short answer is,\r\n“yes.” I hope when that time comes I have earned the right to ask\r\nfor your support once again. Until then I remain committed to the\r\nwork you elected me to do.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThank you for the opportunity to serve. Thank you for your support.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nRichard Raines\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incumbent is not running for election for the northern district of Lowndes County, so it’s an open seat. Here are district maps; District 2 is mostly west of Bemiss Road and north of Valdosta. To see which districts you’re in, go to VALOR GIS Election Boundary Map, in Layers On-Off turn on Lowndes County […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49,88],"tags":[622,8721,8701,8702,12,7,8734,653,6],"class_list":["post-7355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections","category-lowndes-county-commission","tag-demarcus-marshall","tag-elections","tag-georgia","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-lowndes-county-commission","tag-richard-raines","tag-valdosta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-1UD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7357,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355\/revisions\/7357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}