That was the single biggest question I was left with after attending the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce Political Forum hosted by Tim "Don't call me Anita" Bryant of NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM.
Here Oconee County Board of Education members Mack Guest and Kim Argo basically dropped the bomb on Carter Strickland by refusing to endorse his candidacy for the appointment of the slot to fill the slot for the departed Tom Breedlove's slot on the BOE despite limiting the four candidates who could claim the seat. Now that a Democrat might actually make it, we can't have that in Oconee County where someone who supports the schools in a different manner than the guaranteed shenanigans of the Republican orthodoxy dare challenge the status quo.
Oh well, a little diversity never hurt anyone, especially Ms. Argo and Mr. Guest. But it looks like it is not going to be a fun time at the June 14th meeting, although Guest said it should be a very interesting meeting in their response to a question of whether they are going to support the appointment of Strickland to the Board to finish the unexpired term of Breedlove. Let us hope cooler minds prevail and someone else is given an opportunity to serve. Below is a shot of Strickland with fellow Democrat in State House 113th district candidate Suzy Compere and last election's Oconee County Democratic candidate for the BOE in Rich Clark.
