In light of the senseless shootings that continue to plague the
United States, the LCDP is hosting a public forum about gun
violence. Our guest speaker, Kathryn Grant, is the co-founder of the
Georgia Gun Sense Coalition, and is one of the leading advocates for
common sense gun laws in the United States. The meeting will take
place at Mama June’s restaurant, but you do not need to purchase
food to join the discussion.
When: 6PM Monday November 2nd 2015 Continue reading
Very interesting discussion in these videos of the October LCDP meeting and panel discussion with Reverend Floyd Rose, Deb Cox (Supervisor of Elections), George Boston Rhynes, and Dr. Tom Aiello.
Below are links to the videos, followed by a video playlist. You can become an LCDP member or renew today to help elect Democrats! Continue reading
Most of the
candidates for city elections are in these videos from the LCDP meeting of 14 September 2015.
Below are links to each candidate video, followed by a video playlist. You can become an LCDP member or renew today to help elect Democrats! Continue reading
Please join our discussion about voting rights and voter
suppression.
Guest speakers include:
The meeting will take place at Mama June’s Restaurant on Inner Perimeter Rd., but you do not need to purchase a meal to join in.
When: 6PM Monday October 5th 2015 Continue reading
Meet the candidates who are running for mayor, city council, and school board!
When: 6PM Monday September 14th 2015
Where:
New location this month:
Mama June’s Home Cookin’
3286 Inner Perimeter Rd.
Valdosta, GA
Facebook: event
You can become an LCDP member or renew today to help elect Democrats!
This is a nonpartisan election, and all candidates are invited to speak Monday night. Here are all the candidates who qualified for this election, according to the Lowndes County Board of Elections. (Formatting is how they sent it.) Continue reading
Very interesting discussion of K-12 education issues at the
August monthly LCDP meeting,
as you can see in these videos.
Stay tuned for the 7 14 September 2015 meeting with candidates for city office!
Speakers in August were, in order of introduction: Continue reading
What’s the opposite of the public transportation LCDP advocates? Suburban sprawl. And that’s what the rural land revaluation recently done by the Lowndes County Tax Assessors’ office appears to promote.
Are Bill Gates and subdivisions really more important than agriculture
or rivers or public transportation?
Come to Farm Bureau Tuesday evening
and find out what’s
going on with the rural land revaluation.
facebook event.
When: 7PM, Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Where: 3296 Greystone Way, Valdosta, GA, (229) 242-7876
By: Continue reading
Local candidates for city elections and DPG Chair Dubose Porter spoke
after
music by the best band in the world
and as usual excellent food,
July 7th at
the annual Lowndes County Democratic Party BBQ, with
100 or so paying attendees.
LCDP meets again tonight about K-12 education in Valdosta and Lowndes County.
LCDP Vice Chair for Elections Dr. Dennis Marks reminds us: Continue reading
Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, asked for the County Commission
to do more to oppose the Sabal Trail pipeline,
said they had contacted the county’s statehouse delegation
to ask Gov. Deal to oppose that pipeline.
GA Rep. Darrel Bush Ealum
has taken the lead in talking to the governor,
and here’s a handy table
of contacts for statehouse members.
Other issues discussed included trash collection, transportation, property taxes, fossil fuel divestment, wastewater, fracking, clean water, the Alapaha River Water Trail, and Georgia is now the fastest growing solar market in the country. This was at the Continue reading
The state of K-12 education in Lowndes/Valdosta, by local education leaders and teachers. facebook event.
There will be candidates for city office.
Guest speakers include
Please stop by to hear from our panel speakers, to ask questions, and to voice Continue reading