Oconee County, GA Politics

I will come and pick them up, or you can drop them off at Rita Bennett's house on the corner of School and Second Streets in Watkinsville. Her house is across the street from the left field corner of Rocket field and near some of the cool street art of spinning wheels inside a colorful painting. We need your help in donating your items that you are no longer using for a yard sale for the Oconee County Democratic Committe during the Oconee County Fall Festival October 17. You can call my house at 706-769-1131 and leave a message or just haul it on over to Rita's house at School Street. We need it soon and urge you to price it yourself, or at least suggest a price when dropping it off. Rita's driveway is on Second, and I just spent a couple hours lobbing off vast chunks of privet, wisteria and crepe myrtles to try and make her yard just a little more presentable for the mass quantities of people presumed to be walking by for the Oconee County Fall Festival that same day. ...

Nathan Deal is running for Governor so I thought it would be apropos to post this on the blog. I think you might say his Gubernatorial campaign climbed aboard the Titanic.

This is an amusing video tale of fowl and girls moving them

I have been needing to go see this band for some time and am Facebook friends with them and their mother, so please attend this show if you can Monday at the Melting Point and support Oconee County music and musicians. Tealvox to open show at Melting Point | Oconee | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

More seasonal story with some great photos from Daniel Shirley about Washington Farms, perhaps Oconee County's best known tourist attraction, especially this time of the year. AN A-MAZE-ING OUTING - Variety

My good friend Geoff Seila will show what he has learned from a lifetime in Oconee when he leads a Saturday Stroll around Watkinsville Saturday. He use to do this in Athens for their Historical Society, so it should be interesting as well as informative. I will be there for this one as there is no soccer practice this Saturday morning. Around Oconee: Stroll through history | Oconee | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

Chip Shirley and Dan Aguar show Paul Broun's town hall meeting in Athens last week

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The Packway Handle Band, who was scheduled to perform at the Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast Concerts on the Lawn series this evening, is instead going to play in two weeks. This is the second time they have been rained out at Ashford Manor this season alone. Go see them Monday evening, October 19 in lovely downtown Watkinsville.

Great Oconee County autumn tradition. Family diversifies farm, carves out a niche with corn maze | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

Here is the Associated Press take on our esteemed Congressman and his paranoid ranting

I hope Athens area attorney and Democratic State Representative Doug McKillip is going to run against Johnny Isaakson for the US Senate, but he is going to have to raise a ton of money fast. I know he is having a fundraiser at his office October 6th, so now I might have to actually give some money! Oops, what started as a joke between Mary Jackson Byers McKillip and Athens Banner-Herald's writer Blake Aued nearly tumbled into a Draft Doug McKillip campaign You can still go by his office Tuesday at 5 to donate.

Remember the Titans. I support cheerleading as a competition sport but am certainly uncertain as to how one might grade or critique the competition. I am sure it is somewhat akin to rhythmic gymnastics or synchronized swimming as far as unanimity and fluidity of motion. This moment of non-political discussion was brought to you by a very proud mother.

Once again the comments section of the Athens Banner-Herald article continues to be a source of more information than the article itself. I do not know the author of the story, and he wrote a good ephemeral article about ambulance service in Oconee County, but I hope he continues to learn from some of his critics after the fact. Oconee officials pleased with National EMS | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

More non answers from our supposed leader alleged Dr. Paul Broun

Pull the Plug is the name of the Political Action Committee designed to defeat Paul Broun. As of now there is only one candidate who they can work for against the 10th District Congressman, but at least it is someone. Are any Democrats going to announce against him ever? Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.  Pull the Plug Pull the Plug PAC, an independent political action committee formed recently by local community organizers are sponsors of the town hall. The event is scheduled for 7 pm sharp and panelist will present and discuss President Obama's health insurance reform plan. Topics include the public option, universal coverage for children and seniors and the impact of health care reform on downtown business enterprises and their employees. Afterwards, organizers will "Pull the Plug on Paul Broun Jr." with an after party in the Ciné Lab Space produced by local musician Timi Conley with featured band Electa Villian, a dj, filmster Rob Peterson, da...

State Representative Doug McKillip is an effective leader needing our support. Show some at his office October 6th.   Dear CCDC members and friends, All CCDC members and friends are invited to attend a fundraiser for Doug McKillip on Tuesday, October 6.  Please read the email below for event details. Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications This email is for informational purposes only, and the CCDC's forwarding of it does not indicate endorsement at this time of this or any other Democratic candidate. From: dcmckillip@aol. com To: ksolheim@hotmail. com Hi Karen!  I wanted to invite you and all CCDC members and Friends to a fundraiser I am having on Tuesday the 6th at my office at 648 South Milledge Avenue, at 5 p.m. I have not held a fundraiser since 2006, and need to prepare for 2010, which, with help from our Friends, promises to be a great cycle for Georgia Democrats.  Is it possible for you to forward this al...

Old news around this blog, but thought I would toss it in. Congrats Toby Smith qualifies for Watkinsville seat | Election Central | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis

Representative Paul Broun diagnoses a depressive person to go to the emergency room

I wrote the following questionnaire to probable new Watkinsville City Council (barring an unforeseen write-in candidacy) member Toby Smith to try and get some feeling from where he is coming from. To his credit, he responded quickly on an otherwise busy Thursday afternoon. My memory is somewhat sweaty and cloudy of Toby being a steady (if unspectacular) lanky basketball player from the Herman C. Michael hoops days of 1989 - 94, but I did mute a certain apprehension based on the fact that I had never seen him at any Watkinsville City Council meetings before. I have not attended every Watkinsville City Council meeting in the last five years, but I would reckon I have witnessed about 70% of them in the last half decade. There is not a true numbered correlation with the answers to the questions, but wanted to leave the numeration on to see how Toby received them. 1. Do you intend to try to reverse any of the actions of the recent council's decision in regards to beer and wine? ...

I think the term "aggressive" needs to be included in any statute (or at least some kind of language describing the approach) and restrictions placed on people who operate at intersections. Roadside charity regs still debated in Oconee | News | OnlineAthens.com Shared via AddThis