The Courthouse, more secret meetings and time for Melvin to resign

One would assume Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman G. Melvin Davis would have learned from his near defeat after the secret meeting in Madison, Georgia last year that he would not repeat such an idiotic maneuver to do it again, but evidently he has not learned his lesson since he held another unannounced meeting to try to start the ball rolling on moving the Courthouse again. We need to let the Chairman Davis know this kind of behavior is unacceptable and once again call for his resignation. The following was written by blogger and UGA journalism
professor Lee Becker about this asinine patterrn of behavior.

From: Lee Becker <lbbecker@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Subject: The Courthouse
To: lbbecker@mindspring.com


Dear Friends,

The /Enterprise/ and the /Banner-Herald/ this week carried front-page stories about the secret county meeting in December to discuss the courthouse. (The /Banner-Herald/ today editorialized about this as well.)

These were good stories, but it should not have been a surprise that these meetings were taking place. The county has collected a bunch of money it needs to spend--for county facilities such as a courthouse.

I've reviewed this issue and given some detail about the agreement the county signed with the four incorporated areas as part of the upcoming SPLOST election.

I've also revealed that Charlie Baugh is the mysterious citizen whose question led to the secret courthouse discussions. Or so the county is claiming.

Details at www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com

Lee

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Lee Becker

Blog: www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com

Web: http://lbbecker48.googlepages.com/




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Sincerely,

Dan J. Matthews, Jr.

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