Oconee County, GA Politics

Georgia Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Michael P. Mills , former hockey player from Hobarth College in New York, impressed a packed room of enthusiastic and curious voters Thursday evening at Watkinsville's Governmental Annex building in heavily Republican Oconee County, Georgia. Mills made an impression he would fight for our voting rights against the GOP's registration suppression tactics of the last two Secretaries of State. Michael P. Mills addressed a meeting of Oconee County Democratic Committee members Thursday evening in Watkinsville. (Photo by Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.) Mills commented at length but succinctly about how Democrats can come back to win at various levels in Georgia, "by meeting people knee to knee" and answered many questions about his office and the crowded Secretary of State race. He impressed the gathering with his direct answers and understanding of the various complexities of the office. Mills moved to Georgia more than 13...

This is who I voted for in the Court of Appeals race, and would urge you to do so as well. Mark Taylor turned me on to this former Legislator six years ago, and I was happy to finally get a chance vote for him. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:53:34 -0400 From: contact@marktaylor.com To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: Michael Meyer von Bremen Thursday, October 29th   Dear Friend--   On November 4th, Georgia will elect a new judge for our Court of Appeals.  If you have watched Georgia's executive branch and our legislative branch, you know that two of our three branches of government are not functioning effectively.  We must protect the judiciary from meeting this fate.  Bad law and bad policy are becoming a reality in Georgia.  More bad law and more bad policy are being discussed by the legislators and the Governor.  We need our courts now more than ever to be a check and balance. ...