Oconee County, GA Politics

From: "Bryan Long, Better Georgia" bryan@bettergeorgia.com Date: 09/23/2013 8:35 AM (GMT-05:00) To:  Subject: Sworn testimony. Common Cause Georgia, the nonpartisan ethics watchdog, issued a warning: " It looks like we now have the kind of scandal so many of us have feared ." We know Gov. Deal's scandal is bad, not because of politics , but because of sworn testimony . The governor's attorney told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Georgia's top ethics chief, "held us to the highest level of scrutiny and didn't do us any favors." But Holly LaBerge's sworn testimony tells a different story. As Gov. Deal's hand-picked head of the state ethics commission, LaBerge, admits the governor's office called her in May 2011 to see if she would be interested in replacing the sitting ethics chief who was, at precisely the same time, preparing to subpoena Gov. Nathan Deal's financial recor...

Have some input about redistricting in Georgia. No Republican mal-apportionment From: "William Perry" wperry100@bellsouth.net Date: May 10, 2011 10:48:44 AM EDT To: "'William Perry'" wperry@commoncause.org Subject: Redistricting Town Hall - Athens Reply-To: wperry@commoncause.org Dear Community Leaders – Common Cause Georgia, as a member of the Georgia Redistricting Alliance, is holding a town hall meeting in Athens to help Athens-area citizens to learn about the process of redrawing districts and how they may provide input to their legislators.  The town hall will be tomorrow evening, Wednesday, May 11 from 5:30 to 7 pm at the Athens-Clarke County Library. The Joint Committee of the State House and Senate will hold a redistricting hearing on May 16 th   from 5 to 7 pm at the Seney-Stoval Chapel on Milledge Avenue. Further information is  attached.  The GRA event will be held at the Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens. Please feel fr...

If you want to see how the sausage is made... From: LuAnn Brown cicada@careersthatfit.com Date: May 6, 2011 3:32:23 AM EDT To: friends@careersthatfit.com Subject: Georgia Redistricting Alliance Town Hall Meeting Hi folks -- Would you please pass this on to everyone you think will be interested.  More information is on the attached document. Thanks! LAB ******************* We invite you to join the Georgia Redistricting Alliance for Redistricting: The Community Event When: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 5:30 - 7 p.m. Where: Athens-Clarke County Library 2025 Baxter Street Athens, GA 30606 706-613-3650 What: Learn what redistricting in Georgia means to you with Q&A session, and get prepared for the Georgia House and Senate Joint Redistricting Hearing in Athens on May 16 (at the Seney-Stoval Chapel on Milledge from 5 to 7 p.m.). For Further Details: Contact William Perry, Common Cause Georgia, 404-524-4598 or wperry@commoncause.org LuAnn Brown Careers tha...