Update 2015-07-03: LCDC Transportation Resolution, plus links to previous meetings.
After the potluck, the audience pitched in with very lively discussion
(Why do we have bus stops but no buses?
Every road is also a subsidy!)
with the panelists at the
May LCDP meeting:
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John Gayle, (Mayor, Valdosta)
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Demarcus Marshall (Lowndes County Commissioner District 4)
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Jim Galloway, (Executive Director, Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport Authority)
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Corey Hull, (Transportation Planner, Valdosta-Lowndes MPO)
Valdosta City Council Tim Carroll and Lowndes County Commissioner Joyce Evans were also in the room.
Please also like the Facebook Page for “Public Transportation in Valdosta,
Lowndes Georgia”:
https://www.facebook.com/PublicTransportationForValdosta.
As
WCTV said in its coverage of this meeting:
“Public transportation, or the lack-there-of, has been a hot-button issue in Valdosta for many years.”
This is hardly the first time LCDP has discussed transportation. In addition to the previous
two monthly meetings (“Supporting Local Business”
and “City Matters”), see for example Corey Hull’s presentation of August 2014.
At the end of the May meeting
Jim Parker announced he was running for Valdosta City Council At Large
with transportation as one of his main issues.
Come hear all candidates for municipal elections at the LCDP BBQ 6PM July 7th
at Mathis Auditorium.
Local elected officials affect us all most directly,
as Dr. Dennis Marks, LCDP Vice Chair for Elections, reminded us,
And DuBose Porter, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia will be there,
plus fine BBQ (both meat and vegetarian) and the traditional political quiz
by Dr. LaPlant, and
plus live music by a local band.
You can
reserve now!
If you can’t come to the BBQ, you can still Continue reading →
