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Last night's Oconee County Democratic Committee was more packed and powerful than ever
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State Rep. Stacey Evans of Cobb County
I was amazed at the overflow turn out at the Oconee County Democratic Committee, but given the fact that earlier in the week I was confirmed as the winner in the very close nonpartisan Watkinsville City Council by a two vote margin that withstood UOCAVA (three overseas votes of Watkinsville residents evidently went 2 to 1 for me), and then coupled with the lingering shock from the Presidential election, spurred a crowd where we had to get chairs at least a half dozen times from a nearby closet. Thank you to everyone who voted for me, and I am honored to be the first Democrat elected in a long time in a contested race in Oconee County, Georgia, the reddest of the red counties has a blue dot on the map in the county seat of Watkinsville.
Stacey Evans addressed a large audience Sunday at the Library
45 people crammed in a conference room to hear about the amazingly frank talk from Cobb County Democratic State Representative Stacey Godfrey Evans the previous Sunday at the Oconee County Library. She was refreshing, straight-forward and inspirational to everyone in attendance at both meetings. Many of the new people who attended that event also showed up Tuesday night at the Government Annex. We thank State Rep. Stacey Evans for taking time out to drive across the state to talk to a crowded room of activists on a Sunday afternoon.
Cobb County State Representative Stacey Evans brought in a packed house.
People came from Clarke County to find out where they could meet. People of every color were present and vocal. Children were in attendance and eager to eat the cupcakes brought to celebrate our first victory in a long long while, nonpartisan and municipal as it may be. Platform committees were organized.
Margaret Holt ran a steady ship throughout the evening, and her husband Stel wanted a new slogan for the Democrats to brand themselves with forthright. I suggested "Brand New Congress" Angie Eels suggested the hashtag #DemEnter as a way to solidify the movements. The energy and excitement in the room were quite palpable and contagious to all the participants.
Margaret let it be known that she would like to hand off the reigns of leadership to someone younger in the room sometime in the near future. Robert Wyatt read what happened at the Board of Elections meeting where they certified my results against Mark Melvin in the Post 5 Watkinsville City Council meetings.
We also talked at length about the forthcoming December 6th run off election between Chuck Horton and Marcus Wiedower for Post 2. There was at least one voter who voted for Wiedower in the previous special election who is switching to Horton this time around.
The consensus otherwise spoke much more in favor of Horton, and the advance voting (the last week of November) and the possible actual voting at the Board of Elections office was reported on by Horton.
The Watkinsville City Cemetery is an oasis amidst the houses on the east side of the municipality, near the neighborhood once called Sidney. There is a large section of the cemetery that remains a mystery, but perhaps we can work together to dignify the eternal resting spot somewhat better than the current neglected and forgotten (not to mention unmarked) graves of 70 people, more than likely of African-American descent. They deserve to be honored as well. An effort has been undertaken to repair the graves with fill dirt to stop the continued erosion amongst the graves. The most recent grave and bench belong to Larry Sheats, and as any one who played basketball at Herman C. Michael Park or knew him otherwise can attest, he was among the best people this county has ever seen. Larry was always ready to help. Now it is our turn to help. Do it for someone you knew there, maybe the Hardens, or the Downs, or any number of other people, but allow me to reminisce about how L...
There is no way of knowing with absolute certainty if this is indeed the comment swiped from the article of the Athens Banner-Herald newspaper yesterday of evidently now former North Oconee principal John Osborne or not, but home slice needs to learn from Bill Hamby and Rick Pitino as when to shut the fuck up: I have never in my life posted a to a blog, vent site or sent an editorial, but obviously there are lots of misperceptions out there. Listed below is the EXACT account of what I shared with the ABH. I have lots of pride in both schools and I am merely trying to protect my student athletes. I have been associated with numerous GHSA state championships and our athletes are top shelf. We won a state championship in football at OCHS when I was there because we made are kids bigger faster and stronger. OC is not our enemy nor is it who or what we are preparing our athletes for. My decision is about unity. My decision is about stepping up to play the Stephens Counties and the Hart coun...
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