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Secret meeting of Lowndes County Commission and state reps @ LCC 2013-12-20
The VDT report doesn’t say when or where, and doesn’t say whether Dexter Sharper (District 177) wasn’t invited or chose not to attend. There’s nothing about this meeting in the online agendas or...
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2 interagency agreements, education, jail, alcohol, and a health care...
We can probably guess who “Dr. Grow” is and the general topic of his presentation, but why does the county make us guess? The county wants an architect for a new roof and shower in one jail pod; it’s...
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Videos: 2 agreements, education, jail, alcohol, and a health care...
They vote tonight at 5:30PM. Probably there won’t be a repeat of yesterday morning’s presentation by District Health Director Dr. Grow. The county wants an architect for a new roof and shower in one...
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Taxes and outreach @ LCC 2014-02-28
Got a TV camera in there this morning. Here’s the agenda. See also yesterday’s session. -jsq
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Broadband, outsourcing, trash, and fire @ LCC 2014-02-28
The second day of the Commission retreat is finished. Reporting from location, Gretchen noted: 1PM: BroadBand Chairman Bill Slaughter has a five year goal of making broadband available. Some...
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Valdosta sewage PR reaches Florida
Valdosta sure has an effective PR mechanism, famous all the way to Florida again, for the second time this month. Most cities wouldn’t think to dump stuff into the river to get in the news! But...
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1 change order, 2 grants, 3 rezonings, 1 KLVB appointment @ LCC 2014-04-07
A non-competitive no-RFP un-explained change order, this time for Val Del Road, on the agenda for the Lowndes County Commission. Would you like to know why county staff doesn’t want to go out for...
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Defibrilators from Homeland Security @ LCC 2014-04-07
The KLVB presentation told us up to three states dump in the Pecan Row Landfill in Lowndes County, for which the county gets some unspecified amount of tipping fees, which go to fund KLVB. An...
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Local elections affect you most: time to vote
It’s time to vote, today and tomorrow in early voting at the Board of Elections, 2808 North Oak Street, Valdosta, or Tuesday May 20th at your polling place. Turnout is very low for elections that will...
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Resignation, subpoenas, criminal charges: DeKalb County Commission corruption
Sometimes it doesn’t just look like they have something to hide: the FBI found some of what the DeKalb County Commmission was hiding, and one criminally-charged Commissioner promises to sing about the...
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Videos: Fire aid, drinking, driving, and air conditioning @ LCC 2015-03-24
One citizen got cut off just as he said the county attorney thought he could interpret state law however he liked. In addition to the Lake Park Fire Department Automatic Aid Agreement the County...
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County revenue and property tax appeals –Craig Cardella @ LCC 2015-03-24
A local citizen got cut off just as he said the county attorney’s opinion was he could interpret state law about property taxes however he wished, in the 24 March 2015 Regular Session of the Lowndes...
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Budget Adoption Meeting, Lowndes County @ LCC Budget 2015-06-23
A Budget Adoption Meeting 5PM before the 5:30 PM Regular Session, as alluded to at yesterday morning’s Work Session. Is this a second Budget Hearing? Does it count if it’s not advertised as a Hearing?...
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Videos: Budget Public Hearing #2, Lowndes County @ LCC Budget 2015-06-23
Only one citizen spoke at the second Budget Hearing 5PM 23 June 2015: Gretchen Quarterman asking for approval of the VLMPO request for funding for a public transportation study. The Chairman said they...
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Trash disposal renewals, regional T-SPLOST, another lift station pump, Dasher...
Regional T-SPLOST is on the agenda this morning. Back in 2012 we all voted down a statewide T-SPLOST (Transportation Special Sales Tax). As we learned at the February Lowndes County Commission...
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Videos: Trash disposal renewals, regional T-SPLOST, another lift station...
More than four minutes yesterday morning on Residential Solid Waste Franchise Renewal: maybe it’s still contentious because they still don’t have a good model. Maybe not everybody wants to have their...
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Videos: regional T-SPLOST tabled, Trash disposal renewals, another lift...
They tabled T-SPLOST until their next meeting because they got a complaint from the Chamber about process, and also from others. Remember, even if it gets on the ballot, it can still be voted down...
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Neighbors oppose Val Del rezoning @ LCC 2018-10-09
If not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, nor with the water and sewer growth plan, fire and rescue doesn’t want it, and the Planning Commission recommended rejecting it, what does it take for...
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Taxes, water, sewer, LAS, paving, road abandonment @ LCC 2019-03-11
How much will they drive development into places it does not belong this time? GMASS Rural Land Maintenance Contract: The Lowndes County Board of Assessors has approved a contract between the Board of...
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Videos: Taxes, water, sewer, LAS, paving, road abandonment @ LCC 2019-03-11
They don’t have any wheelchair seating areas, so Jody Hall planted his wheels in front of the front row, to see the county not tell the public who bid what on an almost $4 million item. By far the...
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