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Advanced voting began today with no Watkinsville residents casting any ballots

The inexcusable repeat referendum on liquor by the drink sales in maybe two or three restaurants locally advance voting began and as a proper illustration of the sheer lunacy in voting for the same words in consecutive elections, no one showed up in the first day of early voting for the March 17th election. Unfortunately this also provides ammunition for those wanting to eliminate or otherwise reduce the advance voting period, something that has always appeared to be a better advantage for well organized campaigns and typically Democratic candidates. I will saunter down to Water Street and vote in favor of liquor by the drink in protest only because it is an undue burden to expect the voting populace to make repeat approval of the same words. I hope the election remains pro forma, and the referendum will pass as it did before. But in small special elections, anything can happen, so if you want a gin and tonic at Girasoles, you better go vote to pass the liquor by the drink distille...

Meet Greg Hecht - Georgia Dems' Candidate for Attorney General

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From: Democratic Party of GA Date:05/05/2014 1:21 PM (GMT-05:00) Subject: Meet Greg Hecht - Georgia Dems' Candidate for Attorney General   In March, former Assistant District Attorney and state legislator Greg Hecht became Georgia Democrats' nominee for Attorney General. Democratic Party of Georgia Chair DuBose Porter expressed his enthusiasm for Hecht's candidacy, saying "Greg brings some serious credentials to our ballot, and will bring a lifetime's worth of experience protecting Georgia families to the office of the Attorney General." Early in...

County Agrees to Follow Open Meetings Law

Lee Becker once again effects positive change on the Oconee County, Georgia government with repeated and successful Open Records requests making more public and noticed. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lee Becker < lbbecker@mindspring.com > Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:51 PM Subject: County Agrees to Follow Open Meetings Law To: lbbecker@mindspring.com Dear Friends, Without admitting any wrongdoing in the past, Oconee County has informed the state's Attorney General that it plans to notify the public of meetings of its Drought Contingency Committee and of meetings of other advisory committees in the future in keeping with the state's Open Meetings Law. Documents provided by the county in response to an open records request I filed on May 13, 2008, showed that the Drought Contingency Committee met on Feb. 19, 2008, and approved an increase in water rates for residential users of the county. The county did not provide any evidence of advance notice of ...