Oconee County, GA Politics

I am really steamed that Marlow did not make the run-off election without a little better effort in the surrounding counties (Oconee, Oglethorpe, Jackson) around Clarke. He should have been at every Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast concert, and I really don't think he came to the county once, although he told me himself he has. I certainly hope he makes up ground in the advance and absentee balloting, but somehow I do not think it is going to happen. I wish the Oconee County Democratic Committee had decided to make it a bigger priority to get a Democratic Congressional candidate in a run-off than have microphone using seminars and book clubs: no candidate greet and meets, no signs distributed, no Get Out the Vote efforts, no advertising, no calling, no campaigning or canvassing at all. Plenty of blame to go around on this Wednesday morning quarterbacking.

Party tonight at the Melting Point at the Foundry Park Inn in Athens off Thomas Street

nvestigation Uncovers ‘Extensive Destruction’ Of RNC Emails, Violations Of Records Act House investigators have learned that the Bush administration’s use of Republican National Committee email accounts is far greater than previously disclosed — 140,216 emails sent or received by Karl Rove alone — and that the RNC has overseen “extensive destruction” of many of the emails, including all email records for 51 White House officials. For the last several months, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been “investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act” by using email accounts maintained by the RNC and the Bush-Cheney ‘04 campaign for official White House communications. Today’s findings confirm that the accounts were used “for official purposes, such as communicating with federal agencies about federal appointments and policies.” The report adds: Given the heavy reliance by White House officials on RNC e-mail accounts, the high rank ...

Monday, 6/18--James Marlow will hold a final press conference and rally at City Hall in Downtown Athens at 4:45 PM before Election Day. We would love to have a good crowd their to show our strength.

I am being unkind to Blake Aued. He has consistently nailed what is going on in this race in both his blog and stories in the Banner-Herald. Maybe this story was inside in today's Sunday or yesterday's Athens daily newspaper since this guy writes for the same company.