With Horton purge, Oconee coup d'etat complete

OOconee Board of Commissioners Chairman G. Melvin Davis must never have subscribed to the old political adage of "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" since he has removed his opponent from the last election/primary in Chuck Horton from all the boards he could be serving on even as a citizen and not an elected official.

In as small as a county as Oconee where political friend and foe can run into each other at the Publix, it is difficult to discern always who is on your side in any particular issue. But to hold grudges is not entirely too practical or pragmatic in such a one sided town, and might actually expedite the dominance of one side of ledger (you reading this Blake Giles?).

Oconee County Observations blogger Lee Becker did his usual thorough job of reporting on the Horton erasure from the Hard Labor Creek panel, while noting that a citizen was certainly free to continue serving the county in any way, shape, or form, much like the entrenched citizenry on the Board of Zoning.

There is already a paucity of people who want to serve and also have the time to serve on the largely thankless task of governing Oconee County Georgia. Mistakes have been made, and will obviously be made again by the ruling elite here locally