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I greatly welcome Caterpillar with open arms and deep pockets. Plenty of people are already seeing dollar signs in their eyes with putting homes up for sale in the area or at least making plans to do so. I would imagine a lot of the stagnant developments may finally get built or at least more built out than they have. My only real complaint, and yes it is self-serving and tawdry, is that they could have been more inclusive in the guest list for this event. Most definitely President Barack Obama could have and should have been there, and I understand his Georgia agenda for the day started at 4:00 pm. I would have liked to have seen the event not be so exclusive as to not have anyone from the loyal opposition in either party from either county.  Caterpillar should make efforts to connect with the public at large and not just the elite who belong to the right country club and or Chamber of Commerce. Caterpillar breaks ground on Athens plant | Online Athens

Ball: Athens development battles result of insufficient planning | Online Athens

If former Athens Tax Commissioner Nancy Denson wins the forthcoming Athens Mayoral run-off Tuesday, November 30, 2010, then Dave Hudgins should win the District 5 Commissioner race against AthFest founder Jared Bailey. If Gwen O'Looney wins the Athens Mayoral run-off, then it will be a cakewalk for Jared Bailey against Hudgins. Their battle over labels and names on the radio this morning demonstrates the challenges for both candidates in the next 24 days.

Many thanks to Watkinsville Mayor Joe Walter, Oconee County Chair G. Melvin Davis and Oconee County State Bank owner Amrey Hardin for voting to include Elder Mill Bridge and the neighboring Mill, the largely unused railroad line and the Apalachee River as regionally important sites by the Northeast Georgia Regional Development Commission Wednesday at the Holiday Inn in Athens. Oconee County Observation blogger and UGA Journalism Professor Lee Becker as always goes the extra mile in covering the event(s) that the local media largely ignored or ignores. Oconee County Observations: Four Resources in Oconee County Get Regionally Important Designation Posted using ShareThis

Watch the whole Democratic Debate held in Athens Tuesday night on the link below: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/ video/22417918/ DuBose: Experience, Character, Solutions. and short email updates. (478) 290-2801 P.O. Box 98 Dublin, GA 31040 This message has been forwarded by danjmatt@bellsouth.net. As the recipient of this forwarded message you have not been added to any email list. Powered by NGP Software, Inc.

State Representative Doug McKillip is an effective leader needing our support. Show some at his office October 6th.   Dear CCDC members and friends, All CCDC members and friends are invited to attend a fundraiser for Doug McKillip on Tuesday, October 6.  Please read the email below for event details. Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications This email is for informational purposes only, and the CCDC's forwarding of it does not indicate endorsement at this time of this or any other Democratic candidate. From: dcmckillip@aol. com To: ksolheim@hotmail. com Hi Karen!  I wanted to invite you and all CCDC members and Friends to a fundraiser I am having on Tuesday the 6th at my office at 648 South Milledge Avenue, at 5 p.m. I have not held a fundraiser since 2006, and need to prepare for 2010, which, with help from our Friends, promises to be a great cycle for Georgia Democrats.  Is it possible for you to forward this al...

There is a great little music festival this weekend in Athens, Georgia in Clarke County called AthFest that you ought to bring the family to several times in the next three days, and while you are at it, buy a bicycle at Sunshine Bikes either downtown in Athens next to the stage or at their store in Watkinsville. That is all. Go enjoy free music and stuff for the kids. Thank you and see you downtown in Athens. Support our local economies please.

General David Poythress is running for Governor of Georgia in 2010. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: ksolheim@hotmail.com To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com; ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Subject: CCDC FW: Brig. General Poythress Visit to Athens Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:40:06 -0500 Dear CCDC members and friends,   Please read the message below. All are invited to attend.   Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: RF2770@aol.com Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:06:47 -0500 Subject: Brig. General Poythress Visit to Athens To: ksolheim@yahoo.com Karen:   General Poythress visit to Athens  today will include a meet and greet coffee beginning at 9:30am. This is being given by Atty. Kenneth Dious at his law offices located at 115 Sycamore Dr.   He will visit Stroud between 10-11am.   Should you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 706-870-0515. ...

Here are some other areas where you can watch the Inaugural. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: southoconee@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:33:55 -0800 Subject: Re: [oconee] FW: Inauguration Celebration Here's what I found for the UGA venues. Tony Media Advisory: UGA to offer several Inauguration Day viewing opportunities Athens, Ga. - The University of Georgia will offer faculty, staff and students several opportunities to view the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, Jan. 20. Screenings will be available at the following locations: - UGA Chapel, 10 a.m. -  2 p.m. - Fine Arts Balcony Theater, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Russell Library Auditorium, UGA Main Library, West Entrance, noon - 2 p.m. - Memorial Hall 407 (Adinkra Hall), 11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. - East Campus Village Fireside Lounge, Noon - 2 p.m. - Tate Student Center Theater, 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. From: Jane <jbvkidd@aol. com> To: oconee@yahoogroup...

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Jim Martin for Senate Party Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:25:44 -0500 From: kathy kirbo <kkirbo@hotmail.com> Reply-To: <kathy@reefball.com> To: <kkirbo@hotmail.com>   Hey Guys,   Please come to a party/rally for Jim Martin if you support him next Sunday at Bertis and Katherine Down's house, Sunday Nov 13th at 4:00pm to 6:00pm. I'm one of the many hosts. It's a free event, but donations are kindly requested. Please bring anyone who would be interested.   Bring your friends and family and join us for an afternoon of fun!     Hugh Acheson & Mary Koon Patricia & Rufus Addison Buddy & Lucy Allen Rinne Allen & Lee Smith Milner & June Ball Gary & Joan Bertsch Corrie Brown Bob Carson & Teresa Bethke Ivery & Pat Clifton Dan & Sally Coenen...

Come demonstrate for Health Care Saturday Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:22:46 -0400 From: alerts@truemajority.org To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: Saturday: Act for Health Care in Athens TrueMajority.org Dear Dan, You and I know that the time is now for an American solution that will secure our families' health and a healthy economy. This Saturday, October 18th, Health Care for America Now volunteers across the country are reaching out to hear from people everywhere about the biggest economic crisis facing families: skyrocketing health care costs. Our friends at GA Urban Rural Summit have organized this day of action Saturday in Athens. We will be talking to neighbors about our campaign to win a guarantee of quality, aff...

This sent into me by a reader I presume ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Sapp Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 9:57 PM Subject: POLITICAL SIGN VANDALISM I live at the edge of Athens-Clarke County with a long Belmont Road frontage.  I've been engaged in a political sign war with vandals or perhaps just one vandal with a penchant for stealing Obama signs by the score.  Usually this slimy vandal(s) strikes in the dead of night...I must have replaced 20 signs!  Rarely signs disappear in broad daylight.  Are these anti-American types so stupid that they don't realize when they see twice as many signs reappear after they've struck that the candidate is benefiting more from their vandalism than ever?  I've spent around $100 just to keep up with him..but  by now I've had it.  I've resorted to  night stakeouts with flash digital camera, air horn, and cell phone poised to call the cops.  Are these thieves unawar...

There is a small brick house on Milledge Avenue near Five Points in Athens next to an old girlfriend's one-time house not far from Memorial Park at an intersection with a stop light. It is for sale and it has a Halloween display in front, neither of which by themselves makes this a remarkable story. It is that they have decided to place a fake headstone with a Barack Obama '08 sign on it that makes this so reprehensible. Why not go ahead and burn a cross and hang a noose from a tree? It is ugly, uncalled for and an embarrassment to all of Athens and surrounding areas. Political speech is protected speech, so therefore people can scream "Terrorist," "Treason" and "Kill him" at rallies for John McCain and Sarah Palin when attacking the character. It does not allow us to perpetuate a hateful mindset where joking about death, especially the death of one of the people who will be President of this country. You can express your political sentiments witho...

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Another well timed public forum event well worth your attendance with Sherry Jackson and Bill Cowsert in Athens Thursday. I really look forward to hearing the Ed Robinson - Red Petrovs exchange as well. Please attend if you can.  Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: ksolheim@hotmail.com To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com; ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Subject: FW: Thur., October 9 candidate forum Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:16:49 -0400 Dear CCDC members and friends,   See email below that contains details about this Thursday's candidate forum.   Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications   ==============================================================       CONTACT: Larry B. Dendy, 706-542-8078 (O); 706-546-0431 (H); ldendy@uga.edu Candidates for two local State Senate seats and two positions on the Athens-Clarke County Commission will participate in a public forum this Thursday, Oct. 9, from 7-9  p.m. in Mas...

Well worth checking out. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Fun and fun raising for Obama--Oct. 11 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:18:56 -0400 Thought you may be interested in this--and could pass it along...great fun and great folks!!   Subject: FW: Fun and fun raising for Obama--Oct. 11 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:13:48 -0400     From: Gail Kurtz [mailto:glkurtz44@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:34 PM To: Gail Kurtz Subject: Fun and fun raising for Obama--Oct. 11   Greetings, friends--   Please join a group of friends who are having a fabulous fun event for Obama on Saturday,October 11, 9-12 at 895 Hill Street.   We are going to have a bake sale, cake walks, silent auction of goods and services, and.... a chicken show.  Who could miss it??  Please come. See attached invitation!   PLEASE--share /forward this invite with all your colleagues and friends.  .   You can also help ...

More opportunities for helping out this weekend. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me Hello Athens Obama Supporters!   This weekend is a huge weekend for the Barack Obama campaign: Howard Dean will be in Georgia, we will be 100 days away from the election, and here in Athens we will be holding a huge voter registration drive out of our temporary office space at the Democratic Headquarters on Prince Ave (220 Prince Ave.) Please join us Saturday morning at 10AM, 11AM, 12PM, or this Sunday at 4PM. Let's show America what Georgia is all about this weekend with a massive kickoff to our voter registration campaign here in Georgia and here in Athens.   SATURDAY: 10AM, 11AM, and 12PM SUNDAY: 4PM.   Look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!   -- Greg Ligon Georgia Campaign for Change (706) 380-9258

Tire store marketing employee James P. Mason of Jefferson intends to enter his name on the ballot of the 10th district U.S. Congressional election here in Athens (and Augusta and north to the border), and I think his long shot independent candidacy will have equal effect on the Republican or Democratic candidates. I salute the former Marine who served his country in Afghanistan who has taken on the established parties. We shall see how effectively young Mr. Mason markets himself in the rather disjointed district stretching from the Central Savannah River Area to the Mountains of North Carolina with a dip in Watkinsville and Washington-Wilkes. Only one thing is for certain, Nicholson resident Bobby Saxon should have talked to his fellow Jackson County veteran in Mason and figured out why (or at least what is prompting him) he is going to run. Conventional political wisdom would prescribe that the Mason wild card will siphon off some votes from both sides of the aisle, but probably hur...