Oconee County, GA Politics

MEMO TO: MACORTS Policy Committee Members and Others FROM: Brad Griffin, Planning Director DATE: May 2, 2011 SUBJECT: Notice of MACORTS PC Meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Please note that the regularly scheduled MACORTS Policy Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Commission Chambers of the Oconee County Courthouse located at 23 North Main Street in Watkinsville. The main items of business are in the attached agenda. If you have any questions, please contact myself or Sherry McDuffie at (706) 613-3515. BAG/SFM Athens Planning Department 120 W. Dougherty Street Athens, Georgia 30633 706-613-3515 Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS) TENTATIVE AGENDA MACORTS Policy Committee Oconee County Courthouse Commission Chambers Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:00 a.m. I. CALL TO ORDER II. APPROVAL OF APRIL 13, 2011 MEETING MINUTES III. REVIEW OF PUBLIC...

So this is the second time in a week I have heard mention that some ill advised comments from a citizen proposing the banning of bicycles on our roads in Oconee County, Georgia. While I do not think for a second that the current Board of Commissioners would ever pass such a stupid law, it would be the quickest way for the Democrats to come back in power in Oconee.  Not to mention a huge waste of sheriff deputy and municipal police time. Non-Watinsville resident Kate McDaniel dared dangle that out of her mouth at the end of Watkinsville City Council meeting the other evening, and evidently she was harkening back to this meeting that Lee Becker once again uncovered. Thank you Lee. Even Athens madman Jeff Snowden would oppose this, not to mention Watkinsville city council member Brian Brodrick, the dozens of local bicycle enthusiasts and triatheletes and every parent who bought their chid a bicycle at Sunshine cycle or Wal-Mart. From: Lee Becker < lbbecker@mindspring.com > Dat...

Lee Becker is a conscientious individual with good blogging skills who does not wait for the mainstream media to spoonfeed his news stories or inform him of what is going on around Oconee County. For that, we are all much better off. Thank you very much for your continued efforts and glad to see your dog Saturday morning on the Stroll around Watkinsville, Lee Becker. Date: October 12, 2009 5:18:28 AM EDT To: lbbecker@mindspring.com Subject: Meetings Dear Friends, Oconee County has a series of important meetings upcoming, several of them tomorrow night. 5-7 p.m. Oct. 13, Community Center Oconee Veterans Park MACORTS Presentation of Roadway Project Priorities, including the widening of Simonton Bridge road and the flyover and extenstion of Daniells Bridge road. Citizens will have a chance to express their opinions of these projects. See my most recent posting on this at: http://oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/2009/10/oconee-presents-confused-picture-of.html 7 p.m...

Which is a good excuse to see the lovely new Veterans Park if nothing else from 4 to 7 pm at 3500 Hog Mountain Road near Butler's Crossing outside of Watkinsville proper. Go tell them we need a train and bus and sidewalks and bikepaths in Oconee County. Or don't.

Do you want to have any input or say in the future of regional transportation choices? If so you should attend this meeting (thanks to Adrian for posting this to his blog and allowing me to borrow it): The Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS) has contracted with Street Smarts to assess the need and evaluate the options available to provide public transportation service within the MACORTS region. A public meeting will be conducted in both Madison County and in Oconee County to obtain public input on various service concepts for meeting public transportation needs in the community. The meetings will be held as follows: Oconee County Thursday, April 23rd 4:00 to 7:00 PM at the Oconee Veterans Park Community Center 3500A Hog Mountain Road Watkinsville, GA 30677