Oconee County, GA Politics

Look, 10th district Congressional candidate Jim Whitehead can joke all he wants about blowing up UGA to rid the academic world of supposed leftists, but when he contends that Democrats are registering members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network to vote, dumb ass redneck now-ex member of the State Senate District 24 has gone WAY too far. Nice attempt at scare or terror tactics, Whitehead. You may have just guaranteed Dr. Paul Broun will beat your ass even before a run-off. Here is what he said to Tom Crawford via Capitol Impact in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today: The language used in the debate over illegal immigration is getting pretty rough out there. Tom Crawford of capitolimpact.com has a piece, available at Atlanta Magazine, in which 10th District congressional candidate Jim Whitehead of Evans, a Republican, explains why he’s leaning on illegal immigration as an issue, rather than the war in the Middle East. Writes Crawford: “Iraq has not been a big thing in our district,” sai

From Charles Baugh and Citizens for Oconee's Future: Just a quick note to let you know the Board of Commissioners denied the request to rezone a parcel along Daniells Bridge Road. The vote was 3 to 0 with Norris recusing himself. Issue was lack of adequate road infrastructure in the area. The citizens in the area did an outstanding job of organizing and presenting the issues in opposition to the proposal. Was more than just the adjacent neighborhoods. This is an excellent example of what can be accomplished when larger numbers of neighborhoods join to support each other. Petitions with over 400 signatures were presented to the Board. Will send further information later. Charles Baugh

I tried to pin down Melvin Davis about what date the Oconee County Board of Commissioners would have beer and wine in restaurants on the agenda, and it appears July is the date in question. Don Nelson does a good job of writing about it here.