Oconee County, GA Politics

Saturday night Athens police were seen brandishing automatic weaponry in response to a barricaded potential suicide situation in an unknown fraternity house near the intersection of Lumpkin and Milledge in the area known as Five Points. Apparently the father of the distraught frat boy talked him out of taking his own life. Many area residents were concerned over the sight of police running around with automatic weapons drawn and the complete lack of coverage in the Athens media by mid afternoon Sunday.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CCDC FW: January's AA DEMS Breakfast Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:30:24 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:30:14 -0500 From: karen solheim <ksolheim@hotmail.com> To: <ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com> , <ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com> References: <D6119586-A93E-4F3B-BDA6-CCDDD036275C@charter.net> Dear CCDC members and friends,   Please read the email below concerning the next Athens Area Democrats breakfast on Saturday, January 10, 2009 , beginning at 9 a. m. at Trump's new facility.   A great program with our local legislators is planned.   Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications From: anitabarney@charter.net To: Subject: January's AA DEMS Breakfast ...

The proposed location for this facility might as well be in Oconee County, as it will be a stone's throw away on the far too narrow streets of Milledge Avenue and Whitehall/Simonton Bridge. I still maintain the infrastructure is such that they - Dept. of Homeland Security - will choose one of the other sites, but here is your chance to chip in with your two cents worth of input: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will hold a public scoping session on the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) this Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education as part of the public involvement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. According to the DHS Web site, the purposes of the meeting are to: • collect input on the scope and content of the NBAF Environmental Impact Statement, and • provide a better understanding of the proposed action and the federal agencies involved. Those interested in providing comments must pre-register, either ...

The five announced Democratic candidates for the 10th District US Congress special election in Georgia for Dr. Charlie Norwood's seat appeared before a packed house in the fourth floor of the Athens - Clarke County courthouse Thursday evening. People came from Oconee, Habersham, Madison and other counties as well. Denise Freeman found a new friend in me. This lady is incredibly impressive. She needs to visit white churches as much as possible between now and June 19th. She might surprise more than a few people. She has the most votes against Norwood in a previous election 2000. She lives in Lincolnton and knows the district well. She is a Baptist minister. She could be our Heath Shuler but more likely our Barack Obama. She resonates positive energy although she might be a little fuzzy on the wonky details of how she might tweak Charlie Norwood's now languishing patient bill of rights, at least according to Tim Bryant's talk show this morning on Newstalk 1340 WGAU AM Jim Ma...