George Boston Rhynes Address: Valdosta City Council on the ISSUES....

#100-11-2009 Omissions by local Press:

November 8, 2009

TO: Valdosta City Council, Valdosta Daily Times, Citizens, Internet, and Beyond

SUBJECT: Citizen Ignored by Local Press

On November 4, 2009 another Valdosta City Council Meeting was held in Council Chambers at 5:30pm. However ONCE AGAIN, the general public was left deaf, dumb, and blind concerning information addressed to the City Council from a Georgia Citizen. This has become a routine practice and citizens should be outraged.

The day before the meeting fifty-five citizens and business owners gathered and expressed their concerns about not getting their fair share of contracts from local governments. Therefore Mr. John Roberson’s presentation was a direct result of that meeting and yet the content of his presentation went unpublished or TREATED as if he was the INVISIBLE MAN at this public meeting in the State of Georgia.

He asked the Mayor and Council: “How can disadvantaged businesses (Small Emerging Businesses) prosper if they are ignored or given documents (bids) without addresses, phone numbers, etc? It gives the impression as if someone has already made deals with elected officials prior to the biding process.”

This was another point that is being discussed in our community with great concern. However, our TELEVISION and NEWS PAPER seems uninterested in publishing information to the general public. HOWEVER, I will continue using my blog, handouts and radio to keep citizens informed on UNPUBLISHED ISSUES from the public meetings in the State of Georgia.

We understand that private news media has a right to ignore what is not in their best interest. However there are some of us that respect those people that frequent Wild Adventure, Moody Air Force Base, and Kinderlou Golf Course along with other that visit our community seeking to know. Therefore, I will do my best to keep citizens educated and not ignorant on unpublished issues.

While I appreciate our local News Media for what they do publish for the good of our community. Many citizens are confused as to why they are keeping citizens ignorant. Therefore our community need TELEVISION and NEWS PAPERS that will keep citizens properly informed. God bless American and everybody else.

GEORGE BOSTON RHYNES, Retired United States Armed Forces Veteran, A concerned citizen and brother of humanity