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Despite the well-engineered G. Melvin Davis-led Public Relations campaign seemingly spearheaded by both the Oconee Enterprise and Beyond the Trestle's Johnathan McGinty in a column in the Athens Banner-Herald (with whom I have no personal beef) against it, I am in full support of the proposed reorganization of the Oconee County government. Thank you very much to all the members of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners and please continue on your mandate.
Just to reiterate, I have no enmity with either McGinty, Davis, or anyone working for any newspaper, radio station or local media. I appreciate people having the nerve to stick their necks out with opinions and commentary, but one has to expect people to disagree with them with the more they express those opinions on the topic du jour. This governmental restructuring process has seemed to strike a very raw nerve in the community and beyond. I think Chairman Davis is a good person who has done a decent job of running the county over the last years, but I think he can do better for Oconee County.
The odd political bedfellows on this topic would seem to include the members of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, former chair candidate Sarah Bell and former chairman Wendell Dawson on the side of restructuring with myself and Becker with the previously listed people on the status quo. That does not mean either side is right or wrong, and no inference should be made as to our feelings toward the personalities involved. Face it, run for office or write a blog, you have to have an ego and thick skin. Frustrations have boiled over on both sides of this contentious issue, and I have tried to remain professional in my criticism and praise for the various sides of this issue. Perhaps I have not done a very good job of that, and to anyone's feelings that have been bruised, I apologize. I am very passionate in my belief that Oconee County is a great place to live, and should be run as such and not as a personal fiefdom. It would be real easy to chalk this up as all sour grapes being mashed on both sides, but it is never that cut and dried. I suppose my tone could have been less accusatory, but sometimes you need to raise a little Hell to get noticed around these parts.
I have worked two jobs for the County government in the previous administration and have witnessed how the lack of communication effects everyday Oconee County residents in an extremely negative way. Short of Davis resigning, this is the best remedy for a shoddy style of governing by the current and future chairs of the Oconee County Board of Commmissioners. After listening to Lee Becker this morning on the radio this morning being interviewed on NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM Newsmaker Monday, I am convinced the reorganization will pass unanimously this evening.
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Just to reiterate, I have no enmity with either McGinty, Davis, or anyone working for any newspaper, radio station or local media. I appreciate people having the nerve to stick their necks out with opinions and commentary, but one has to expect people to disagree with them with the more they express those opinions on the topic du jour. This governmental restructuring process has seemed to strike a very raw nerve in the community and beyond. I think Chairman Davis is a good person who has done a decent job of running the county over the last years, but I think he can do better for Oconee County.
The odd political bedfellows on this topic would seem to include the members of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, former chair candidate Sarah Bell and former chairman Wendell Dawson on the side of restructuring with myself and Becker with the previously listed people on the status quo. That does not mean either side is right or wrong, and no inference should be made as to our feelings toward the personalities involved. Face it, run for office or write a blog, you have to have an ego and thick skin. Frustrations have boiled over on both sides of this contentious issue, and I have tried to remain professional in my criticism and praise for the various sides of this issue. Perhaps I have not done a very good job of that, and to anyone's feelings that have been bruised, I apologize. I am very passionate in my belief that Oconee County is a great place to live, and should be run as such and not as a personal fiefdom. It would be real easy to chalk this up as all sour grapes being mashed on both sides, but it is never that cut and dried. I suppose my tone could have been less accusatory, but sometimes you need to raise a little Hell to get noticed around these parts.
I have worked two jobs for the County government in the previous administration and have witnessed how the lack of communication effects everyday Oconee County residents in an extremely negative way. Short of Davis resigning, this is the best remedy for a shoddy style of governing by the current and future chairs of the Oconee County Board of Commmissioners. After listening to Lee Becker this morning on the radio this morning being interviewed on NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM Newsmaker Monday, I am convinced the reorganization will pass unanimously this evening.
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