Lee Becker points out important impending Oconee County Meetings

Lee Becker is a conscientious individual with good blogging skills who does not wait for the mainstream media to spoonfeed his news stories or inform him of what is going on around Oconee County. For that, we are all much better off. Thank you very much for your continued efforts and glad to see your dog Saturday morning on the Stroll around Watkinsville, Lee Becker.




Date: October 12, 2009 5:18:28 AM EDT
Subject: Meetings

Dear Friends,

Oconee County has a series of important meetings upcoming, several of them tomorrow night.

5-7 p.m. Oct. 13, Community Center Oconee Veterans Park

MACORTS Presentation of Roadway Project Priorities, including the widening of Simonton Bridge road and the flyover and extenstion of Daniells Bridge road. Citizens will have a chance to express their opinions of these projects.

See my most recent posting on this at: http://oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/2009/10/oconee-presents-confused-picture-of.html

7 p.m. Oct. 13, Community Center Oconee Veterans Park

Citizen Advisory Committee on Land Use and Transportation Planning, discussion of space needs and the courthouse.


7 p.m. Oct. 13, Community Room Oconee Veterans Park

A work session of the Board of Commissioners to discuss approaches to economic development in the county. At the front of the meeting, the board will deal with a bond refinancing issue.

The Banner-Herald has a story on the meeting in today's edition. See http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/101209/new_503773545.shtml


6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 20, Civic Center

The Board of Commissioners will hold its first town hall meeting.

For some reason, neither the Banner-Herald nor The Oconee Enterprise has written about this.


Lee

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