{"id":801,"date":"2012-05-31T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T16:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/t-splost-stick-or-baseball-bat-sgrc-2011-09-19.html"},"modified":"2012-05-31T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T16:26:25","slug":"t-splost-stick-or-baseball-bat-sgrc-2011-09-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/t-splost-stick-or-baseball-bat-sgrc-2011-09-19.html","title":{"rendered":"T-SPLOST: stick or baseball bat? @ SGRC 2011-09-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Hull explained what the state of Georgia has in store for us if we vote down T-SPLOST:<\/p>\n<blockquote><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JY8Yt0LqY0E&amp;list=PL62B048FB323C8B78&amp;index=9&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b016766f5ee5e970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b016766f5ee5e970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> If the voters do not approve the referendum, then all local governments must match their LMIG funds a rate of 30%. And then we have to wait 24 months to start the process over again. And when I say start the process over again, I mean start the process over to enact this tax.<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nolen Cox, Chairman of the Lowndes County Republican Party (LCRP), remarked:<\/p>\n<blockquote>Is that commonly called a stick?<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gretchen Quarterman, Chairman of the Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP), observed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>It looks like a baseball bat.<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now I doubt either were speaking in an official capacity, but I know from talking to them that both individuals oppose this tax, and I&#8217;m pretty sure most people in their local parties do, too.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a longer explanation of what happens, including what LMIG is, <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/t-splost-penalties-and-lmig-corey-hull-of-vlmpo-at-lcdp-part-4.html\"> April 2011 LCDP meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JY8Yt0LqY0E&amp;list=PL62B048FB323C8B78&amp;index=9&amp;feature=plpp_video\"> the video:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JY8Yt0LqY0E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"390\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small> T-SPLOST: stick or baseball bat? <br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/t-splost-public-meeting-in-valdosta-monday-morning-19-september-2011.html\">\nT-SPLOST Public Meeting<\/a>, Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC), <br \/>Corey Hull, <br \/>Nolen Cox, Gretchen Quarterman, <br \/> Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 September 2011. <br \/> Video by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE). <\/small><\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corey Hull explained what the state of Georgia has in store for us if we vote down T-SPLOST: If the voters do not approve the referendum, then all local governments must match their LMIG funds a rate of 30%. 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