Oconee County, GA Politics

The latest Presidential preference poll in Georgia done by Strategic Visions indicates that Arkansas extremist Mike Huckabee is leading amidst the G.O.P. and Hillary Clinton is leading amongst the Democrats in the Peach State. All that could change in three weeks when the Iowa Caucus take place. We shall see a lot of fluctuations over the Holidays as more comes out about outrageous statements in Huckabee's past including wanting to quarantine AIDS patients and other assertions showing his ignorance and lack of leadership. I think Barack Obama will shock the world and barely win Iowa, with Clinton and Edwards right behind. I think Huckabee will win but by a narrow margin over Romney with Ron Paul doing much better in third than the conventional wisdom would expect and Rudy Giuliani doing much worse in fourth with Thompson a distant fifth. It will be interesting to see how many candidates fall to the wayside before New Hampshire. I would expect Tancredo will tank before then as will ...

Friends, *Please join us at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 16th for a bike ride to raise funds for Athens Police Officer Sergeant Courtney Gale.* Sergeant Gale was attacked Tuesday evening in a local grocery store and is in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital. As is true of every police officer, Sergeant Gale puts her life on the line daily to protect each one of us...now, we rally to support her. In an effort to help further surround her, and her loved ones, with positive energy and support from the community, we will be conducting a Police Escorted Bike Ride from the downtown Police Station (133 Washington Ave.) to St. Mary's Hospital and back. We ask a $10 donation to participate, but no one will be turned away. All proceeds will go directly to Sergeant Gale and her family. This is a completely grassroots effort, so your help in printing and posting the attached flier will be greatly appreciated. *If you cannot attend the bike ride, please try to focus your encouragi...

Many of you know Courtney Gale. If you have not already heard, she was the victim of a horrific attack last night. She was working as a security guard at the Kroger on Alps Road in Athens while off-duty from her usual service as an ACC Police Officer. The article below details what happened. She is in St. Mary’s Hospital in ICU and is in stable but critical condition. The ACC Police Department has set up a special fund for Courtney. Please consider making a donation, especially at this time of the year. Courtney is facing a very long recovery. Anyone interested in donating may do so at any SunTrust bank branch or mail donations to SunTrust Bank, Attention: Heidi Spratlin, 1022 Prince Ave., Athens, GA 30606. Email is not the best way to deliver this kind of terrible news, but I did want to get the word out. Thanks to all, Tony http://www.onlineathens.com/cgi-bin/printme2005.pl Athens-Clarke officer stabbed multiple times at supermarket By Joe Johnson Staff witer Story updated at 11:15 a...

AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE December 12, 2007 CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK PRESENTATION OF THE WATKINSVILLE BEAUTIFUL YARD AWARD MINUTES APPEARANCES 1. David Duncan – business license – Bulldawg Market of Many Things – 1040 Turkey Industrial Boulevard 2. Gregory Scott Smith – business license – Smith, Frohwein, Tempel, Greenlee, Blaha LLC – 3 N. Main Street 3. Ed Yarbrough – building permit – 394 sq. ft. addition to existing residence at 54 Jackson Street 4. Mike & Tom Link – demolition permit to remove duplex located at 160 & 162 N. Main Street PRESENTATION OF THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AWARDS ADMINISTRATION No report presented. MAYOR’S REPORT CITIZEN’S COMMENTS OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS EXECUTIVE SESSION 1. Personnel matter ADJOURN