Oconee County, GA Politics

Tyra Gebhard Byers I am so appreciative of the outpouring of support I received for my bid for County Commissioner so it is with a heavy heart that I am letting you know that I had to withdraw from the race for today. I jumped in because I am confident I can serve well as commissioner and because I believe we need a voice in the future of this community. I did not fully grasp what it would take to run a successful campaign. I was up all night over this, but ultimately realized that my kids and family are my number one priority right now. I wouldn't want to run a campaign that I couldn't pour myself into 100%. I hate to disappoint those who have already offered me support, but ultimately feel that it is the right decision. Thank you all!

Andrea Wellnitz  mins Today I qualified to run for Post 2 in the Oconee County Board of Education.  I am running for the Oconee County Board of Education because I believe in the importance of quality public education. I have 2 children who attend Oconee County Schools and I have a vested interest in seeing Oconee County Schools continue to succeed academically. I envision a district where communication, student success, and school climate are our top priorities.  School climate encompasses th e experiences of individuals in the school and research has shown that positive school climate has been linked to positive student development, learning, academic achievement, effective risk prevention and health promotion, high graduation rates, low dropout rates, and teacher retention. (Thapa, Cohen, Guffey & Higgins D’Alessandro 2013) School climate affects students’ mental and emotional health as well as their academic success. To help make our scho...

Fran Thompson 2 hrs Today I qualified to run for Post 3 in the Oconee County Board of Education! I believe in public education. I’m an 8 year resident of Oconee County. I have two children who attend Oconee County Schools. My 3rd child will enter kindergarten in the 2019-2020 school year so i will be invested in OCS for many years to come. Of the two children in OCS, one has an IEP and is served in Special Education and one is in the PACE/Gifted Program. I know how different humans are and I want every child to receive exactly what they need to reach their full potential. I have also worked as a School Social Worker in Clarke County for the past 12 years. I have served children and their families in every grade from Pre-K to 12th grade. I have worked closely with teachers, administrators, school psychologist, speech pathologist, counselors, and outside agencies to help children be successful at school. Most importantly, I want to know your hopes & conce...

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STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 46 MARISUE HILLIARD E-mail: info@hilliard46.com PARTY: DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT: NO OCCUPATION: RENTAL PROPERTY OWNER/ MANAGER QUALIFIED DATE: 03/07/2018 WEBSITE: www.hilliard46.com Contact: Media Relations Phone: 706-308-5522 E-mail: info@hilliard46.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Democratic candidate Marisue Hilliard Qualifies to Run for Georgia Senate District 46 Campaign Seeks to Represent the People of Georgia, not Corporate Lobbyists Watkinsville, Ga., March 7, 2018 – Marisue Hilliard, former U.S. National Forest Supervisor and newcomer to politics who is the local leader of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, today qualified to run for Georgia Senate District 46. Hilliard’s candidacy means Republican Georgia State Senator and GOP Senate Leader Bill Cowsert will face opposition at the ballot box for the first time in nearly a decade in a district that was gerrymandered to retain Republican control. Marisue Hilli...

Want to run for office in Oconee County?  Oconee County Observations: Incumbent Oconee County Commissioners And Board Of... : ***Hice Draws Opposition*** Oconee County’s two commissioners and two Board of Education members whose terms expire at the end of this yea...

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"March for Our Lives Rally” will be held at 11 am – 1 pm, Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Pavilion in Oconee Veterans Park, 3500 Hog Mountain Road, in support of thousands of high school students across Georgia and the nation who are insisting that lawmakers everywhere put an end to the mass killings of school children. The event is sponsored by the Oconee County Democratic Committee. We invite the public to offer its sympathy for the slain and support for young students everywhere as they seek solutions to school violence. Jonathan Wallace and Deborah Gonzalez, Georgia House Representatives from Districts 119 and 117, respectively, will offer brief remarks in support of the goals young students are seeking, as will Chalis Montgomery and Richard Winfield, candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives in the Democratic Primary in May. Several high school students will speak as well, and civic leaders in the county have also been invited to attend and addre...

From Ann Stoneburner ahstoneburner@bellsouth.net Subject: For Immediate Release Date: March 5, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2008 - 2018 “Carving Up Oconee” Revisited - A Public Perspective: A film and panel discussion of how a formerly agricultural county struggles to retain its rural nature and natural beauty in the face of mounting developmental pressures. For more information: 706 – 769 - 5362 Details in brief: 3 pm Sunday, March 25, 2018 Watkinsville Library, 1080 Experiment Station Road, Watkinsville, GA Sponsored by the Oconee Democrats and Oconee County Progressives Free and open to the public Carving Up Oconee, an award-winning documentary filmed on location in 2008, shows a real life battle between citizens in Oconee’s farmland and the commercial developers who plan to build a truck stop in Farmington. Today as Oconee County formalizes a new comprehensive plan, voices are raised once again to spread commercial development around the county and no ...

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