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Residents urge southside revitalization, question enforcement and call for data-center readiness at Valdosta meeting
Summary
During public comment residents raised an unpaid-tax allegation and ethics complaint, urged revival of a 69-page southside revitalization plan, requested a signage-variance review for a small business, proposed a community unity celebration, and urged the city to prepare an ordinance for data centers.
Several Valdosta residents used the citizens-to-be-heard period on April 23 to press the council on neighborhood revitalization, enforcement practices and readiness for potential data-center projects.
Jay Perryman told council he had sent letters and open-records requests alleging a city employee operating a side business failed to pay proper property taxes and claimed he was targeted with ordinance and zoning complaints after raising the issue. Perryman said he filed an ethics complaint and that "so far nothing's happened" and…
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