Oconee County, GA Politics

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CCDC FW: 11/4 Democratic Victory Party Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:09:55 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:09:51 -0400 From: karen solheim <ksolheim@hotmail.com> To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com <ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com> , ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com <ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com> References: <964548.69461.qm@web53403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear CCDC members and friends,   The "official" invitation for the Election Night Democratic Victory Celebration is attached and below. Spread the word!  See you there!   Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications   Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:14:50 -0700 From: gweniolooney@yahoo.com Subject: 11/4 Democratic Victory Party ...

October 13, 2008 State Senate Candidate Forum from Lee Becker on Vimeo .

Subject: FW: What Democrats need NOW for Election Day!!! Resent-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:10:09 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:09:54 -0400 From: karen solheim <ksolheim@hotmail.com> To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com <ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com> , ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com <ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com> References: <967766.68716.qm@web53404.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear CCDC members and friends,   Please read the email below from Gwen O'Looney about what you can do NOW to help to ensure success in the upcoming election. Please reply directly to Gwen with your response:   gweniolooney@yahoo.com Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communication Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:21:09 -0700 From: gweniolooney@yahoo.com Subject: Wha...

City Vibes.net Presents A Non-Partisan Voter Motivation Initiative Voting Rights & Responsibilities Come out and meet your local Candidates and our GUEST SPEAKER Reverend Al Sharpton National Action Network Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:00 PM Clarke Central High School Basketball Facilities For more information contact Willie Green at (706) 355-3022 This is non-partisan, but the Rev. Al Sharpton is always entertaining and informative. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.

Time to plant a few in your yards Subject: Obama - Biden signs and bumper stickers Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:02:00 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:52 -0700 From: communications@clarkedemocrats.com To: CCDC Committee and Advisory Group <ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com> CC: Friends <ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com> A new batch of Obama-Biden yard signs and bumper stickers are now available at Democratic Headquarters at 220 Prince Avenue!! Jenny Penney Oliver Chair Elect Clarke County Democratic Committee

70-some odd people parked at the Park Avenue Bank at the start of Highway 316 just across the Oconee county line and took a short shuttle run in Prius Hybrid cars (Pri-ii?) to the home of Pat and Neil Preist, who have done an outstanding job making their house as energy efficient and sufficient as possible without creating a wind turbine. They have multiple solar panels on their new tin roofed house, a 3000 gallon rain water cistern partially underground collecting rain off the roof of their barn/garage, perma-culture gardening of things like blueberries which will grow forever and other activities. Board of Commissioners member Chuck Horton attended as did former candidate Mary Mellein. Other familiar faces included Charlie Baugh and Carter and Becky Vaughn. Many new faces came from various places including Athens resident Lucy Kern. There was solar cooking baking cookies and tofu, free range eggs, plants, gardening wrenches for removing privet and Russian Olive trees and a variety of...

Diane Cronin is a concerned homeowner in the Eastern part of Oconee County, much closer to the river than Watkinsville. She has battled clear-cutting developers tearing virgin forests and rare old growth tree thickets to no avail, but now she has State Representative Bob Smith in her sight . Her rage stems from Smith's approach to the exceptional and historic drought crisis, which is give back to landscapers the right to water the lawns. Even the slightly yellowed lawn at Athens Academy's Slaughter football field has survived the drought and frost reasonably well. Now I do not know if the fine landscapers at Athens Academy or elsewhere have used lake water or gray water to keep their fields and lawns reasonably hydrated. I hope no more area landscapers have to deal with the drought to the point of going out of business, but I also know the plans for the Charmar closing were in works for years. Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties are forever joined at the hip legislatively, ec...