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Mayor starts walking back gay pride comments on WALB
Valdosta Mayor John Gayle starts practicing the non-apology apology by saying he’s sorry people aren’t happy while complimenting the content of the anti-bullying proclamation he wouldn’t sign. He...
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Want knowledge-based jobs? Welcome gays and lesbians
The Chamber, the Industrial Authority, and various other local leaders say they want knowledge-based jobs, or creative jobs. We won’t get those just by teaching students to show up on time and do what...
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SPLOST won in Houston County but not in Lowndes County: why?
Why did SPLOST in Houston County, Georgia win by a landslide while SPLOST VII in Lowndes County lost? Houston County’s SPLOST passed in March 2012 by a landslide. Christina M. Wright wrote for The...
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SPLOST deal?
All over the news today: Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter on radio 105.9 this morning; Lowndes County Board of Commissioners and Valdosta City Council reach a SPLOST deal (VDT). The Lowndes...
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Videos of the landfill gas energy meeting 2013-04-15
Since LAKE was the only coverage of the Pecan Row Landfill Gas Energy meeting 15 April 2013 at Colquitt EMC in Valdosta, these videos let you see the interesting cast of speakers and other attendees....
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LOST decision coming from GA Supreme Court
Local Lowndes County and city officials are awaiting breathlessly the news from Atlanta today about new rules on LOST negotiations. Currently, negotiators have to choose one of the positions submitted...
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Community Assessment Group and Internet access @ LCC 2013-07-22
Valdosta Mayor Gayle was standing next to the video ghetto after the county’s rather rudimentary SPLOST VII presentation Monday morning, so I asked him why I hadn’t seen anything about Internet access...
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We desperately need your help –Carol Singletary @ VCC 2013-11-07
A local mom said she was one of many landowners being bullied by a pipeline company and asked for help from local leaders, at the 7 November 2013 Valdosta City Council Regular Session. Here’s Part 1...
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Bird Supper this Wednesday in Atlanta
On the county’s front page: LOWNDES COUNTY BIRD SUPPER—Tickets on sale now! For more than 50 years, local citizens have met face to face with members of the General Assembly during the Lowndes County...
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Stealth VLCIA real estate meeting last Wednesday @ VLCIA 2014-08-13
Well, the agenda says the Invocation was “For the purpose of discussing real estate”; it doesn’t say what the Executive Session was for. Maybe they’ve got a customer for one of those empty industrial...
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$12 million loss to local Lowndes County governments –text of Valdosta...
Local schools would lose $4 million annually and local governments overall $12 million annually, because HB 170 would “re-allocate local sales tax funding from local governments to the state of...
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First Miller Bus. Park occupant: Nature Nate
An organic food company is the first thing it finally lands, after trying for years to lure traditional “industrial” businesses to Miller Business Park, and after the Industrial Authority renamed...
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Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority after privatized landfill
Local counties and cities sold off one landfill in Lowndes County in the late 1990s, and a second one in 2005 through the Deep South Solid Waste Management Authority. Yet in 2007 the Deep South...
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Larry Hanson retiring as Valdosta City Manager
Congratulations, Larry Hanson. Valdosta, PR, 1 November 2017, City Manager Larry Hanson Retires From Valdosta with Exceptional 42-Year Career: Hanson has been named the Georgia Municipal Association...
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Videos: Passed resolution for dedicated state fees and bids for equipment @...
The big item was they passed the Resolution to support GA HR 158 for dedicated fee collections. That and the T-SPLOST projects and upcoming public meetings, by Mayor Gayle. There was only one Citizen...
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