Local Citizens ignored by local TV, Newspaper and radio....Why?

December 17, 2009
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#100-12-2009, Ignored by local press during Citizens to be heard before “Valdosta City Council Meeting:

December 12, 2009 at 5:30 PM. By: (Name Withheld) but can be found in Valdosta City Council Minutes.

SUBJECT: Solar Program Research and Request, and Naming a Street after Rev. Martin L. King Jr.

Mr. Mayor and Council, My name is (Not posted). I live at: (withheld) ----I had proposed. That we do a Solar Program.

QUESTION FROM MAYOR JOHN FRETTI: What? A Solar City Program.

CITIZENS CONTINUES: Ah, I think I talked to Willie, But I never did get a response back from it. MAYOR responds, who did you talk to? Ah, one of the council members. I don’t think we can directly talk with the council. Ah, I think about 10,000 people die every year in the South Eastern United States from Air Pollution. And it is my situation about it that I have a company, A 21st Century Tele Communication and we are off into renewal Technologies developing content for that particular area. And there are a couple of solar installers here in the city that is going to be working with. But I wanted the city to ask the Department of Energy to become a Solar City. That the basis of why I am here.

RESPONSE FROM MAYOR: Thank you! I appreciate that. I think most of that council agrees. That we are always looking for alternative sources of energy. And in the audience tonight about three or four rolls back on the inside is Brad Lofton. Brad raise your hand. Ah, if you would meet with Brad in a second or after. He will tell you about something very exciting. That we just heard from the governor. And it has to do with Solar Energy, and we are going to be the only one in the State that is going to be doing this. So rather than me going into it. I am going to ask you to talk about it with Brad Lofton. I think you will be very excited about.

CITIZENS CONTINUES: There is one other issue that certain other citizens are concerned about and I am particularly concerned about it. Ah, we put a monument on Dr. King Street or whatever that is that we want to call it. But anyway. My proposal is that, and this is to the city council and to the county. And I will be telling them (county) that in order to get the full gist of Dr. King Legacy. I think we need to do a little bit more.

One of the other things to that. I am thinking about is making Pineville a historical Black College. I think that will help eliminate some of the problems that we have in the city. But getting back to the point just about the Economic Development Component of Dr. King. He did not just live for Black people. He lived for all of us in the United States, and if we make this street in front of the Court House a State Road with Dr. King name going all the way to the interstate that will give us; a great economic development component because people coming to Valdosta. They will see that we have changed and become better citizens towards race relations in this city. That’s my take!

RESPONSE FROM MAYOR. Thank you Sir, and thank you for coming here tonight.