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Development Authority of Lowndes County @ LCC 2012 05 07
What’s this Development Authority of Lowndes County (LCDA) and who’s on it? If a voting board member of a board being appointed is on that second board, should he recuse himself? What if he’s one of...
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SPLOST VII campaign kicks off
Update 2012-09-27 8:50AM: Added video, stills, and notes about the County Palace and Internet access. The seventh Special Local Option Sales Tax, SPLOST, will be on the November ballot. Not to be...
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SPLOST VII project totals don’t match
It would be easier for people to vote for SPLOST VII if they knew what they were getting. So far, that’s difficult to tell from what’s been published. Many questions remain to be answered. We’ve...
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Circular wastewater firing squad continues
The VDT's Sunday front page was covered with wastewater stories, continuing the circular firing squad of the local powers that be. Meanwhile in Dublin, GA, they're breaking ground for solar panels at...
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Agricultural poverty resources meeting
Received yesterday from Jerome Tucker about the USDA StrikeForce Initiative: “Unfortunately, 90 percent of America’s persistent poverty counties are in rural America. USDA’s StrikeForce aims to...
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I want a choice in who I use –Jerome Tucker @ LCC 2013-06-11
“Let me decide who I want to haul my waste,” said a former Chairman of the Industrial Authority at Tuesday night’s Lowndes County Commission Regular Session. Jerome Tucker thanked Commissioner John...
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A metropolitan area needs better than trash government –John S. Quarterman
My LTE in the VDT Thursday. I’ve added links to some of my inspirations. -jsq Local leaders worked hard to get the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area declared. Why now are they acting like a...
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Gated Moody housing on Val Del Road, REZ-2013-09 @ GLPC 2013-07-29
Only 81 of 396 proposed units have been built at current Moody Family Housing on Roberts Road. Why should we build more on Val Del Road? At the 29 July 2013 Greater Lowndes Planning Commission...
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No mold or unpaid contractors this time for Moody Housing @ GLPC 2013-07-29
Unlike Moody AFB’s last go at privatizing housing, no mold or unpaid contractors this time, or so we’re told. But not so solid assurances that local contractors will be used. And what if this new...
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Videos: ESPLOST V kickoff meeting @ ESPLOST 2015-02-24
Co-Chair Jerome Tucker emphasized that ESPLOST helping public schools also helps economic development. See below for who we now know are the committee members for the Educational Special Local Option...
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Videos: Why Emergency bridge fixes? Appoint Tax Assessors? Rush Project Max?...
Citizen Billy Rowland complained about poor road grading, his dogs being shot, and misuse of Knights Ferry Landing on the Withlacoochee River. Maybe the Commission will listen to what he said this...
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Video: Project Max rezoning public hearing @ LCC 2016-01-12
The secretive Project Max container company better not be like when the Industrial Authority bragged about a prospect that would bring in 300 clean jobs and it turned out to be a private prison, which...
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Appointments: Library Board, Development Authority, millage, cameras @ LCC...
Maybe the county would have enough applicants their Work Session, Monday morning at 8:30 AM, if they advertised for applicants for open board seats, such as on the Development Authority of Lowndes...
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Videos: Bids for emergency road repair! Appointments: Library Board,...
Bids for an emergency repair! This could be a first, instead of their usual sole source approve-it-right now method. See the County Manager’s Report, in which County Engineer Mike Fletcher describes...
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Videos: Emergency road repair bids! Appointments: Library Board, Development...
The added agenda item 6e. Emergency Repairs to Rocky Ford Road got a couple of bids (unusual procedure; different from their usual no-bid emergencies) passed. The Chamber sent Gary Wisenbaker to speak...
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Videos: Clyattville Precinct at Board of Elections, Lowndes County, Georgia,...
Most attending ever seen at the Lowndes County, Georgia, Board of Elections! Potential closure of the Clyattville voting precinct was the issue. That won’t happen because of the strength of the...
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FFA, Appointments, Liquor, Rezonings, Roads, Forestry, DUI, Holidays,...
Update 2020-12-15: Board packet is on the LAKE website. A million and a half dollars, mostly for insurance, on the agenda for the final Lowndes County Commission session of 2020, and that’s not...
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