Oconee County, GA Politics

Even though I may not agree with their politics, I like to go and introduce myself to most candidates who won't try to punch my pick-up truck. So last night I saw a relatively youthful looking Dr. Paul Broun in a red polo shirt and straw hat, age 61, at the Athens Academy spring scrimmage football game and BBQ. We argued and turned heads in the relatively small and predominantly Republican crowd about the possibility of a Democrat winning. Dr. Broun told me that Democrats have no chance, and I told him that Democrats do have a chance, especially if 35 Americans a week are getting slaughtered in Iraq through next month. He kind of ushered me away from the paltry crowd so as not to scorch the ears of the nearby Republican elite faithful. To his credit, Dr. Broun was very forthright, honest and compelling in his discussion, claiming various Democrats are going to vote for him. I am sure there are more than a handful of lifelong Democrats in the over 60 crowd locally that remembers ...

Go to Original The Goods on Goodling and the Keys to the Kingdom By Greg Palast BradBlog.com Thursday 24 May 2007 And the no longer "missing" Rove emails revealing the cagey scheme to steal 2008... This Monica revealed something hotter - much hotter - than a stained blue dress. In her opening testimony yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee, Monica Goodling, the blonde-ling underling to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Department of Justice Liaison to the White House, dropped The Big One.... And the Committee members didn't even know it. Goodling testified that Gonzales' Chief of Staff, Kyle Sampson, perjured himself, lying to the committee in earlier testimony. The lie: Sampson denied Monica had told him about Tim Griffin's "involvement in 'caging' voters" in 2004. Huh?? Tim Griffin? "Caging"??? The perplexed committee members hadn't a clue - and asked no substantive questions abou...

This story is too funny for me to even comment on yet, but suffice to say, it speaks volumes about Republican ethics and how they treat each other.

I went to the Oconee County Board of Commissioners public input forum in Courtroom #1 Tuesday evening and was generally appalled at the scare tactics employed by the opponents to having glasses of beer and wine at restaurants outside of Watkinsville. The vast majority of the people in the back seemed to back the ordinance allowing beer and wine to served with meals at restaurants such as DePalma's and possibly a Loco's. People need to realize that it is expressly against the code of the state of Georgia to have a referendum on beer and wine in restaurants. Beer and wine have been served in Watkinsville for five months with no major problems yet. Yes someone will die from alcohol, whether it is served in Oglethorpe, Oconee or Clarke counties. Yes alcohol is evil, but so are taxes, which are necessary under our current form of government. Development is here, and we have to do the most we can to control it. Beer and wine will pass 3-2 sometime around August is my prediction.

Dear Tenth Congressional District Democrat, The DPG (Democratic Party of Georgia) will conduct phone bank training for Tenth Congressional District Democrats on Thursday, May 24, in the conference room of the Butler Building on Milledge Avenue across from the entrance to Clarke Central High School. If you can, please plan on attending this training after you attend the meeting of the Clarke County Democrats fronm 6-7 p. m. in the Clarke County Courthouse (Grand Jury Room, fourth floor) where DPG Chairperson Jane Kidd is scheduled to be our featured speaker. Hope to see you this Thursday evening. Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Corresponding Secretary