Oconee County, GA Politics

Tax Commissioner candidate Jennifer Riddle responds to the question from NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM talk show host and moderator Tim Bryant about an opening statement after he read a statement from her opponent Pamela Lohr Hendrix, who was absent from the forum because of a vacation scheduled for a long time before the forum sponsored by the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce. Riddle works in the office in the basement of the Oconee County Courthouse while Hendrix is on the Tax Equalization Board and has run for Superior Court Judge unsuccessfully before. State Representative Doug McKillip has decided to force Georgia women to have government mandated child birth after being "born again" himself. No word as to whether he is allowed to change his mind after 20 or 23 or 26 weeks. Also no word as to whether the child birth mandate applies to females as young as 12 years old or as old as 69. He also claims to have discussed the restrictive reproductive bill after consulting an ...

The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce did a fine service to the community and some estimated 250 voters that attended the evening's activities. Chairman Davis will be addressing the Democratic Committee at 7:00 pm and answering a few questions and then we will be welcoming challenger Chuck Hortons sometime shortly after 8:00 pm Thursday, June 21 at the Government Annex at 1290  Greensboro Highway. The exchanges between Harvey O. "Trey" Downs and Sheriff Scott Berry became heated and the audience also flared up with applause and heckling on both sides of the same aisle (or in this care auditorium). The volume of traffic, square miles and experience were just part of the Editor Stephanie Gross stephanie.gross@patch.com   Dan Matthews Home s School Board Chairman Candidates Field Questions at Political Forum ...