Oconee County, GA Politics

I have been in the facility several times to take photos but I think it is something well worth investigating yourself further to find out what exactly goes on in this important research location across from the Oconee County Campus of Gainesville State College. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Subject: [oconee] Field-based tour at federal Ag center   I hope you will consider putting this on your calendar -- a unique opportunity on October 23rd to tour the prestigious federal agriculture facility and field sites in Oconee.   I think opportunities like this can deepen our sense of place as we get a first-hand look at the land and institutions around us.   This is the center whose funding is in jeopardy. The Senate Appropriations Committee gave them a short reprieve, as I describe below in the press release.   The Oconee Democrats are the sponsors of the tour, which is part of our monthly issues forums that are free and non-partisan. Even if you can't com...

I vomited in my own mouth when I heard NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM's Tim Bryant being manipulated by State Senator and Congressional wannabe Barry Fleming today on his Fleming's many arrows and barbs, but it set the tone for the nasty words rising faster than the gas prices. Fleming did blast Broun about not wanting to save the Ag Research Center in Athens. Nice try Barry. The J. Phil Campbell Jr center is only in Watkinsville, not Athens, and if you think there is a big stink between folks from Augusta and Athens in the Whitehead meltdown last year, wait to you hear some folks from Oconee and Clarke going at it. Broun won't go to bat to try and get some congressional pork to save the agriculture facility. That pretty much decides it that I cannot vote for Broun ever again. If you are going to play on the team, you need to know the rules The gist of Fleming's phlegm this time was that Broun wants to do bong hits with your kids and sell porn pictures of them as well. Of cour...