012: Television, Newspaper, and Radio doing what they do best: Ignore the NEWS and Keep citizens deaf, dumb, and blind to the facts. Why?

012---RHYNES RESPONDS TO VALDOSTA DAILY TIMES COMMENTS ON RENNOVATION OF JAIL.

Posted by George Rhynes on 4/15/2004 21:28:24

3 April 2004,

It was reported in the Valdosta Daily times that commissioners pick architect for project "renovating our local jail." And that the preliminary plans for the jail include new inmate housing, a new jail Administration building, a new service/intake access, a new access road and room for expansions on the administration building and new inmate Housing.

This is a great step in the right direct, however while this appears good to the untrained eye. This alone will not fix the many discrepancies noted and ordered corrected in 1997, by Civil Action #89-54-VAL, U.S. District Court Middle Georgia Valdosta Division.

Moreover, the VDT never mentioned community involvement and input to the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners in their article. In my opinion local citizens should have been invited to an open meeting and discussion on the cost of this most important community issue.

I truly hope the citizens of Lowndes County Georgia are not being ignored by their elected officials---as the eleven- (11) plus American citizens (inmates). As their case was presented to the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners on 26 August 2003---but ignored.

Moreover, to resolve the jail problems in Lowndes County Georgia the documented discrepancies listed in (Civil Action #89-54-VAL, Court Order and Consent Decree should have been complied with. The court allotted two years to fix the discrepancies.

However, in July 2003 the discrepancies are the same as in Civil Action #89-54-VAL, from letters, and notarized statements within the archives of organizations and local citizens. Therefore, the old court order was apparently never complied with in this community.

Moreover, nothing was published in our only newspaper concerning inmates request for help from their local Commissioners. Peace!



GEORGE RHYNES
still a concerned citizen and brother of humanity!