Oconee County, GA Politics

Oconee County Observations: New Small Shopping Center and Office Complex Propo... : Across from QuikTrip The busy Oconee Connector–Mars Hill Road–Daniells Bridge Road intersection will get even more traffic if the Oconee C...

Oconee County Observations: Mars Hill Widening on Schedule, Oconee County Publ... : Dirt Moving by Late 2013 The purchase of needed rights of way for the widening of Mars Hill Road from SR 316 to Butler’s Crossing is progr...

Too bad that the First Friday was cancelled last night - lots of people turned out any way and at least a couple of candidates did as well.  The OCAF event was packed as usual. So in this first early edition of awards - most tongue in cheek - go to: Most illegible signs - hands down, Sheriff Scott Berry, the Old West scripted font is quaint and the brown and tan color scheme make them almost impossible to read from a distance of more than a dozen feet. This has also been the only sign to stolen from my yard, and so far unable to replace despite a couple of attempts. I have seen some Berry signs with an extra outer frame that makes them somewhat easily to notice but not necessarily easier to discern the message. Next time get an graphic artist to consult before pulling the trigger on any massive purchase. And to the miscreant who stole my sign and left the metal stand in the grass, may the affluent effluent of a thousand septic tanks fester outside your broken bedroom window. Mo...

Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office The traffic light at Experiment Station and Gainesville State College is malfunctioning. The DOT has been notified. Traffic is backed up on Experiment Station. Also, there is a structure fire on Cliff Dawson Road near the Mars Hill end. Emergency vehicles may be in the roadway there

We need your help, and you need not be a Democratic supporter or even an Oconee County resident to participate in picking up debris along the busiest thoroughfare in Oconee County. Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: sjathome91@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 07:53:38 -0800 Subject: [oconee] Adopt a Road Jan. 15   Please join the Oconee Democrats on Sat., Jan. 15, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. and help us pick up the litter along Oconee Connector/Mars Hill Road. Bring a pair of work gloves and meet at the Barber Creek Fire Station, near the intersection of the Connector and 316 (and next to the new, sprawling QT). Before the clean up, join us for lunch at 11:30 at Krimson Kafe, 40 Greensboro Hwy. in Watkinsville. Thanks for your help in keeping Oconee County Beautiful. Sarajane Love __._,_.___