Oconee County, GA Politics

My buddy Johnathan McGinty over at his Beyond the Trestle blog kind of let the cat out of the bag on this one , which is fine, and I too had received multiple people telling me that Tom Breedlove was ABSOLUTELY positively possibly (?) fixing to resign from the Oconee County Board of Education and he had at least confirmed he quit his land planner job with local developers Williams and Associates not long ago and at the most recent Board of Education meeting. Twice Breedlove has written me back about his uncertainty regarding his family situation, and anyone who reads the local police blotter was aware of a recent domestic disturbance at his abode. Domestic violence, whether being accused as the perpetrator or the victim, is not something to be taken lightly, especially in the political arena. I hope the best for the Breedlove family and hope things get worked out but I think it is obvious there is some doubt concerning his political future around these parts at the very least. ...

As someone who tried twice to get appointed to the Oconee County Board of Education himself, I offer a hale and hearty congratulations to former UGA football player Mack Guest II, owner of the LAD Truck Lines on Barnett Shoals in Watkinsville on his unanimous appointment to the School Board to replace Tom Porter. We always need new voices to make Democracy work better for all of us. I wish Mr. Guest well with the daunting challenges of working on the Oconee County Board of Education . Speaking of the Board of Education, s eems some interlopers from surrounding counties are pretending to live full time in Oconee County in order to get their kids in our outstanding schools , or at least they are going to be investigated now. Between divorces, kids living at multiple houses on different days of the week and other modern concerns, this will be no easy chore