Oconee County, GA Politics

State Sen. Don Balfour indicted on 18 counts

VIDEO: No injuries reported in Oconee County early-morning car fire

Dick's Sporting Goods to open Oct. 4

Construction Equipment Stolen from Property on Lavista Road

'Walking Dead' producer talks zombie apocalypse at UGA

Richt gives Mettenberger's mom the week off

Bleedng Blue: It is Time to Evolve The DPG! : By the most obvious measure, vote margin, Georgia Democrats continue to proceed in a ...

UGA Extension, Athens Land Trust team up for sustainable agriculture conference Oct. 3

Three Unlocked Vehicles Entered on VFW Drive

Work as a Communications Officer in Oconee County

From: Liz Buddenhagen < zilbudd@yahoo.com > Subject: October 5 book launch in Athens Date: September 23, 2013 5:43:03 PM EDT ; Reply-To: Liz Buddenhagen < zilbudd@yahoo.com > This just in from Grady:  Kathy and I are co-sponsoring with Avid Bookshop a book launch for Michelle Castleberry Saturday, October 5.   It begins a 6:00 at the Fire Hall next to Avid Bookshop on Prince Ave.  Live music, food, wine and an unbelievable poetry book being signed by Athens/Watkinsville author Michelle Castleberry.  Pre-publication reviews (see attached) have been great. Come if you can, and let the Scribblers know about it. www.michellecastleberry.com Liz Liz Buddenhagen, RN Certified Legal Nurse Consultant 112 Woodbrook Avenue Bogart, Georgia 30622-1538 Phone 770-725-2997 Fax 770-725-4037 Liz@BuddenhagenLNC.com www.Legal-Nurse-Consultant-LNC.com Accuracy and Strength to each case Linkedin Professional Profile ...

Once upon time in Oconee, there was a farm that grew their own food, and brought it to the people, at the farmers market, so come and taste some good locally grown edibles Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:19:43 -0400 Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek: This Week's Harvest From: pastures1051@gmail.com To: Hello all and happy Monday!  Fall is here and the weather couldn't be more glorious! So take advantage of this beautiful weather and come out to any of our 3 local markets to see what surprise fall greeneries we have in store for you this week.  That's right!  Slowly but surely, those yummy greens and things are coming in!... You can also find our delicious and amazingly healthy Piedmontese Grass Fed Beef!    We continue our recipe round up this week with.... beer braised short ribs! Beef short ribs (especially our exceptionally tender Piedmontese!) are typically more tender and meaty than pork. ...

La Cabaña de Don Juan Expands into Oconee County

No more pro golf at UGA

Slideshow: Oconee Teachers of the Year

Oconee's Teacher of the Year uses science lab to bring life to learning

Democrat Ken Dious Is Running for Congress to Replace Paul Broun

Your daily jolt: A ‘bald-headed, fat redneck’ changes his mind...

Democrat Dious enters race to replace Broun

We work with your values, not against them.

Reaching Across the Aisle

From: "Bryan Long, Better Georgia" bryan@bettergeorgia.com Date: 09/23/2013 8:35 AM (GMT-05:00) To:  Subject: Sworn testimony. Common Cause Georgia, the nonpartisan ethics watchdog, issued a warning: " It looks like we now have the kind of scandal so many of us have feared ." We know Gov. Deal's scandal is bad, not because of politics , but because of sworn testimony . The governor's attorney told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Georgia's top ethics chief, "held us to the highest level of scrutiny and didn't do us any favors." But Holly LaBerge's sworn testimony tells a different story. As Gov. Deal's hand-picked head of the state ethics commission, LaBerge, admits the governor's office called her in May 2011 to see if she would be interested in replacing the sitting ethics chief who was, at precisely the same time, preparing to subpoena Gov. Nathan Deal's financial recor...

From: David Vogel < david@noslogans.org > Date: Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM Subject: Missed e-mail message To: lowellsdad@gmail.com A DEMOCRATIC PARTY TRAINING SESSION FOR RURAL DEMOCRATS WHO WANT TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN (Keep Reading) Organization of the Democratic Party has been improving in our part of rural Georgia. The improvement has been spontaneous, with people in each county just getting fed up with stagnation. WE'RE READY FOR A BIG STEP FORWARD. (Keep Reading) A Training Session and Workshop of a Different Kind SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Registration at 9:30) Lunch Provided Hart County Library 150 Benson St....

From: Algernon Acey antar7@windstream.net Date: 09/23/2013 10:35 AM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Great Dems Opportunity Patsy, David Vogel will give his highly sought after Tips on recruiting large numbers of new members for FREE!  It will be held at our building on Tues Oct 1 beginning at 6:30 pm.  This is a great opportunity for Dems who do not want to make the trip to Hartwell in middle Oct. Our office is at 114 East Midland Aveune, Winder (near Popeye's). Dwight Acey, Chair www.barrowdems.com 404 604 1232 Sent from Dwight's I pod On Sep 22, 2013, at 8:26 PM, Patsy Harris patsydudney@yahoo.com wrote: Hello District 10 democratic Leaders! Reserve your seat now! The Columbia County Democratic Committee is making plans for a bus trip to Washington DC next spring. It's a three-night tour of all the great historical spots in our nation's capital. Check out the two files attached and contact Columbia County Chairman Floyd E...

Simpson wins straw poll at first 10th Congressional District debate

Oconee County Observations: Oconee And Walton Counties To Hold Hard Labor Cree... : Gov. Deal Expected The Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir Management Board has decided to hold an official reservoir groundbreaking cerem...

I would like to see sidewalks bike paths or other means of paved connections made between all the schools all the parks and all the places in Oconee County that people can go to and use the bikes or walk or otherwise not have to necessarily go there in a car it would just be nice and be very good for all of us to county