Oconee County, GA Politics

Subject: 2 Fun Film Events in Athens and Watkinsville! PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR EMAIL LISTS...  0ver the next couple weeks y'all have 2 great opportunities to do 2 great things in two great counties.   Coming To A Theater Near You, FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES: First, the amazing fun and entertaining, locally 'grown', Athens/Oconee born and bread documentary film "The World's Smallest Airport" will be shown. Second is the great opportunity: All proceeds of the film benefit the beyond amazing PROJECT SAFE.  See attached. First, the film: written, produced, directed by Oconee's own Grady Thrasher (yes, the same wildly successful writer of the Tim and Sally children's book series) and Matt DeGennaro.  Without giving away too much, the Smallest Airport was in Elberton, Athens and everywhere in between.  You see, the airport was the top of Grady's family car.  His father, a pilot returning after WWII, created a flying circus w...

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: ppriest@charter.net Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:18:49 -0400 Subject: [oconee] Discussion about the harm of big-box stores   Hi! The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will discuss "Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses" on Wednesday, September 28th, at 7 PM. This is a terrific and important book that provides historical context for the decline of the middle class in our country, as big-box stores such as Wal-Mart and national drug store, hardware, and bookstore chains (and others) cause countless locally owned businesses to fail. The author, Stacy Mitchell, argues that "our communities are becoming ever more dependent on a handful of corporations that have no allegiance to the places where they do business." You find that out quickly when you want to post an announcement for a community event at a ...