Oconee County, GA Politics

Former Oconee County coroner and recent failed candidate for the office again Dr. William Mayberry is hosting a tea party in a tax payer funded venue in Oconee County on tax day. The Republican party seems intent on protesting President Barack Obama's attempts at spending our way out of the recession. I do not like to pay taxes anymore than any one else, but I also want our economy to get better without mortgaging our children's future. Until someone else can offer up a better prescription to what ails our country, I will continue to support our President and wish him success in our economic efforts to rebuild our country's infrastructure.

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners are to be commended for at least realizing the status quo of getting things done behind closed doors is no longer acceptable . It is just a little late to regain a lot of the public's trust on this or any other issue. So the Board of Education's David Weeks is turning the old Shishkabobby's in Town Center location into a Barberitos? Now there's a stretch. It was already built like one, and the food tasted like one, so I guess he hopes families will come buy beans and gas from him. Time for former Oconee County High School principal Mark Channell to be let go by the Central Office of the Oconee County Board of Education in the wake of the Brian Dickens sex scandal while at the head of the softball team. There needs to be a sacrificial lamb in this case before the public is satisfied.

Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me    Hey Young Dems,    Join us this Wednesday, April 8 at 6:00 p.m. in room 250 of the Miller Learning Center for guest speaker Doug McKillip! Doug is the Democratic State Representative for District 115, which encompasses much of Athens and includes the University of Georgia campus. He'll be speaking to us about this past legislative session as well as politics under the Gold Dome. We will have PIZZA, so be sure to bring your friends!    UGA YD elections are coming up soon (April 15 unless there's a conflict) and listed below are the currently declared candidates for office. We'll go over election procedures at this week's meeting.    PRESIDENT  Glenn Stegall  Stephen Pettigrew    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  Carter Bates    POLITICAL DIRECTOR  Alex Foster    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR  -No Declared Candidate-   ...

Thanks to Pat Priest for letting us know about the goings-on at UGA.  To: oconee@yahoogroups.com> From: ppriest@charter.net  Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 14:45:52 -0400  Subject: [oconee] Campus lectures of interest    Here are some interesting lectures -- about politics, nature, the  financial crisis, and more -- taking place in April at UGA that you  might find interesting!    Pat Priest  Member,  Oconee Democrats    Tuesday, April 7, 2009    Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability: Effective American Policy  in a Dangerous World. Sponsored by the School of Public and  International Affairs and the Department of Public Administration and  Policy. Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt  Gingrich gives the talk. 3:00 p.m. University Chapel. Contact 706-410-5182      April 9, Thursday    Annual Holmes-Hunter Lecture. Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court  Leah Ward Sears delivers this year's lecture. The Holmes-Hunter Lecture  honors Charlayne Hunter-Gault...