Oconee County, GA Politics

If you are a resident of the burgeoning border cities of North High Shoals or Bogart, Georgia here in Oconee County (with a tiny slice of eligible voters in Clarke County for Bogart), please go to the polls and cast your votes in the municipal elections for city council members in a couple of posts in both towns. Here are the eligible candidates in a list purloined from the Athens Banner-Herald. I believe both polls are open until 7 pm OCONEE COUNTY ► BOGART • City Council Four-year term Pam McNair Michael Ward Four-year term John Larkin Weymand Steed Two-year unexpired term T.L. Turman ► NORTH HIGH SHOALS • City Council Post 3 David Lawrence Scott Wilson Post 4 Stephen Arnold Sarah Donegan Post 5 Violet Dawe (I)

While I was on vacation, there were a few changes on the Watkinsville City Council worth noting. Current council member John Walsh Jr resigned contingent upon his remarriage and moving outside the city limits and almost immediately former Real Estate Relator and current property preservationist Henry Norman announced his intention to run for that slot. Norman brought his real estate practice before the council a few month prior to receive the proper permits. Whether this will significantly shift the balance of power on controversial issues such as beer and wine remains to be seen. The Council also meet at Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast for a work session where lots of planning for future growth were made but few concrete decisions were decided upon at this early stage. Tom Breedlove presented his plans for helping to solve the current courthouse needs. How these events will effect Watkinsville's future remains to be seen. The most daunting remaining decisions will be the probable...