If the city council, attorney and mayor and others who make the decisions would do honest planning and look out for the people instead of their own wants, they wouldn’t need bullet-resistant glass and other things for their so-called protection.

Thanks to the person who called attention to inaccurate statements made by the mayor. How many other quotes are wrong?

Social spending accounts for 14.8 percent of GDP in the United States. Defense accounts for 4.7 percent. It took me less than two minutes to find this information. Do a little research before posting.

A “Please don’t litter, make Valdosta GLITTER” sign was erected amidst litter, near two old “Do Not Litter” signs. More litter accumulates around the three signs, that are really litter, too. The city should have purchased mobile surveillance cameras to catch and fine litterers, getting a return on taxpayer investment, including litter clean-up, and cameras cost less than police surveillance.

 I didn’t say the buses sound like they are speeding, I said that they are speeding. I know the difference. When I am at my house and can’t get the bus number because the bus is driving by so quickly, that is too fast. It’s my children in the neighborhood that I am concerned about.

I would like for the VDT to do a story regarding the increase of home invasions in the Valdosta area. I am a recent victim and continue to hear about more and more of these in the area. It would be good information to share, and would hopefully encourage everyone to look out for their homes and their neighbors’ homes.

Check out our taxpayer money at work—two new towers put up in Clyattville just to provide Internet service between the new and old fire stations. I’m so glad that the county has plenty of money for these types of projects.

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, 46.3 percent of primary care physicians (family medicine and internal medicine) feel that the passing of health reform will either force them out of medicine or make them want to leave medicine. If for no other reason, these findings should be enough to stop Obamacare dead in its tracks.

If the Mayor, city manager, and city council would look out for the best interests of the citizens and city employees, they wouldn’t need “protection.”