Oconee County, GA Politics

Now I Get It Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:47:01 -0500 > To: Let me see if I have this straight..... * If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different." * Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers: a quintessential American story. ------------------ * If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim. * Name your kids Willow, Trig, and Track: you're a maverick. ------------------ * Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable. * Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating: you're well grounded. ------------------ * If you become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, register 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing 13 million people while serving on the Forei...

Time to plant a few in your yards Subject: Obama - Biden signs and bumper stickers Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:02:00 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:52 -0700 From: communications@clarkedemocrats.com To: CCDC Committee and Advisory Group <ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com> CC: Friends <ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com> A new batch of Obama-Biden yard signs and bumper stickers are now available at Democratic Headquarters at 220 Prince Avenue!! Jenny Penney Oliver Chair Elect Clarke County Democratic Committee

Southern Circuit - Tour of Independent Filmmakers: Southern Circuit "Ripe for Change" Tour Day 8 Watkinsville,GA

CNN is reporting as of 11:30 AM that Republican nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona will stop his grandstanding shenanigans and appear in Mississippi this evening for the first Presidential debate against Democratic party nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. The debate commences at 9 pm Eastern time.

Subject: Tell McCain and Obama: We need a real debate on the economy. Dear Friend, John McCain thinks we don't need a presidential debate on Friday night. We disagree. We need a real debate on the economy, and we need it now. The presidential candidates should hold their debate Friday as scheduled, and address the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout. We've been hearing a lot this week about how our economy is in a crisis - maybe the worst crisis since the Great Depression. Politicians on the left and the right have made all kinds of claims about exactly how much or little we should panic and what that means for the policies we should enact. We reject the notion that canceling the debate is the best way to focus on the economy. We have a monumental decision to make this November, and we deserve a robust conversation on the defining issues of our time. I just signed a petition calling on Senators McCain and Obama to debate economic issues this Friday -- I hope you will too....

Hey, Oconee Supporters for Change.   Check-out the article Natasha sent to all Obama team leaders re the value of knocking on doors - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/on-road-grand-junction-colorado.html   Then, come back here and sign-up or confirm (if you haven't) that you're going to go knock on doors with us Saturday morning: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs53sl   Georgia's turning BLUE!!!   Carl ***** Carl McGrath 1031 Simonton Drive Watkinsville, GA 30677-2579 (706) 769-3400 --- On Wed, 9/24/08, Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> wrote: From: Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> Subject: Knock Knock Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 2:22 PM Hi Guys, I wanted to share this with you. It's a study that shows Knocking on Doors is one of single most important things you can do in an election, ...

I could somehow not remember Scott Howard's last name while telling manager and good buddy Mark Marchand behind the counter about Larry Munson retiring (the guy behind in line with the son looking eerily like Mark's eight year old Jalen reminded me). But I got my usual two Tilapia tacos to go and on the way out, after a long line had surfaced, a much littler boy who has just been playing soccer was instead blowing in and out of a just small enough plastic bags covering just a little too much of his face for most folks comfort, seems I was only one checking him out at the critical juncture. Mom was at the front of the line maybe 15 feet away blindsided by the line of people oddly behind her (usually the line snakes to the left side). So in a split second I decided I was justified on raining on this maybe six year old's parade and used my scariest grown up voice to very sternly and loudly yanked the plastic sack away and say NO, fully looking for his mom. She mouthed thank y...

Oconee Teams for Change in Georgia (Meeting) Everyone is welcome. Please come help plan and execute plans for rallying support for Obama-Biden in Oconee and Greene Counties. We will meet for an hour and then do phone banking until 9pm. If you can, bring your cell phone and help. "Keep fighting the good fight." Time: Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Host: Carl McGrath Contact Phone: 706-769-3400 Location: The Sanctuary (Watkinsville, GA) 2nd Street and Barnett Shoals Road Watkinsville, GA 30677 View Map: * Google Maps * MapQuest * Yahoo! Maps Directions: From Main Street, take Barnett Shoals Rd. 2 blocks and park on 2nd Street. Enter at the covered entry on 2nd Street. Signup for 'Oconee Teams for Change in Georgia' Will you attend: How many attendees total: (incl. yourself)

Please contribute any gently used items you may want to donate for a Fall Festival yard sale at Rita Bennett's house in Watkinsville very near Rocket Field at Second Street. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: bonanzagirl@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:25:39 +0000 Subject: [oconee] yard sale Hi Everyone,   Just wanted to remind everyone there is the Dems Annual Yard Sale on Saturday, Oct. 18.   No one has brought anything over to the house as of yet.    I know some of you have some problems on pricing your items.  No problem, call me or email me and arrangements will be made for you to bring your stuff to the house and I will do the pricing for you.   Remember we cannot have a Yard Sale without items to sale.   Rita 706-410-6735

More splendid insight and opportunities for Oconee enlightened voters. From: Lee Becker < lbbecker@mindspring.com > Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:11 PM Dear Friends, Please mark your calendars for two important upcoming meetings: 7 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 7, Oconee County Courthouse. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners to discuss the proposed Epps Bridge Centre on Epps Bridge Parkway. See my blog of last night for details ( www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com ). 7-9 p.m. Monday Oct. 13, Oconee County Library in Watkinsville. Candidate Forum. Oconee County Board of Education candidates Tom Breedlove and Rich Clark, 46th Senate District candidates Bill Cowsert and Sherry Jackson, and Tom Leach, write-in candidate for the chairmanship of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, have agreed to take part. The Forum is being organized by members of five citizen organizations: Citizens for Oconee's Future, Citizens for South Oconee County, Friends of Barber Creek, Fr...

Hi! I just sent a message encouraging the Governor to oppose proposed budget cuts to Georgia's Department of Natural Resources Budget. You can do the same by going to http://www.protectgeorgia.net/.                 Closed for Business? Keep Our Parks & Wildlife Areas Open Dear Friend, Facing a difficult budget, elected officials are once again proposing drastic cuts to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Valuable state parks and historic sites, expansive wildlife management areas, clean air, clean water, and a productive coast play a vital role in promoting the health and economic well-being of our state. Strong public opposition to any proposed budget cuts is needed in order t...

As has been his supreme gift to our community in terms of letting us know of our environment being pillaged by developers here in Oconee County, Lee Becker once again sets the facts straight ignored by the mainstream media. Here we will surely get what we do not need: more cars, more traffic, more pollution, more destruction of our wetlands all in the name of a few more stores. The Board of Commissioners can do correctly here and insist on wetland mitigation here in Oconee and not in Greene as a condition for this latest commercial over development. Dear Friends, The developer planning to build the $76 million shopping center on Epps Bridge Parkway expects to mitigate the damage to wetlands and streams on that site by restoring streams and wetlands in Greene County, but at least two options now exist for mitigation here in Oconee County. The Georgia Land Trust Service Center in Athens has been authorized to accept fees to compensate for the damage to streams and wetlands on development...

Please attend this watershed cinematic gala here in our lovely county. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.  To: oconee@yahoogroups.com  Subject: [oconee] Movie Night -- in Oconee!    Dear Oconee Democrats (and friends),    Let's get together to see a movie in our neck of the woods this time!    There's an award-winning documentary about sustainability showing this  Tuesday that's part of a series sponsored by the Southern Arts  Federation. The documentary's producer will be at the screening to  answer questions.    See the information below.    Hope to see you!    Pat Priest      * Producer to show 'Ripe for Change'*    Jed Riffe, an independent film producer, will present his film, "Ripe  for Change," at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the North Oconee High School  auditorium. The film is part of the 2008-09 Southern Circuit of the  Southern Arts Federation. Admissi...