County Attorney Daniel Haygood says it
Doesn't violate the current ordinance as written for beer and wine
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Photos and notes from an Oconee County Board of Commissioners meeting
John Joyner addressed the BOC. (photo by Dan Matthews). The Oconee County Board of Commissioners met in their regular Tuesday night monthly meeting March 29, 2011 in the Commission Meeting Chambers of the Oconee County Courthouse. Chairman Melvin Davis always runs a very entertaining and efficient meeting, and this one was no different. He had a very busy meeting with lots of important decisions to be made, some discussed here, others reported elsewhere. The meeting began with honoring Henry Hibbs, retiring Oconee County Extension Director, from a former extension service worker in Davis himself. Then the Board of Commissioners planned to present new Federal Judge and recent Western Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Steve Jones, who was absent and could not attend. They are planning for a future ceremony where the resolution can be read. A community service board report came from Kate McDaniel about Advantage Behavioral Health System, which is the mental health, dev...
Oconee Similes and Analogies
It is time to ask the Oconee County Board of Commissioners for the resignation of County Attorney Daniel Haygood. His performance during this entire episode has been reprehensible. The duty of the County Attorney is not to keep secrets from the people that he serves. Outgoing Oconee County Commissioner Don Norris did us all a favor by letting his true feelings known in the recent interview with the Athens Banner-Herald's Adam Thompson. It is time to make our feelings known in each and every meeting with the Oconee County Board of Commissioners. I do not think these people are actively in conspiracy with developers to deny the Oconee County citizenry any information, however their tactics suggest a contempt for any attempt at getting documents, news and facts to the people about how government does and does not work for some of the people most of the time. On Lee Becker's website he clearly explains the myriad of reasons why Haygood should be discharged immediately in his most...