Oconee County, GA Politics

Longtime Oconee County resident and political observer Dan Matthews qualified today to take on incumbent Mike Link for the Post 5 seat of the Watkinsville City Council nonpartisan municipal election Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Matthews ran three elections in 2011, emerging from a field of four to make a run-off against Chuck Williams for the State Representative District 113 race in special election to fill the seat vacated by Hank Huckaby becoming Chancellor of the Board of Regents, and then ran against Charles Ivie to become Mayor of the City of Watkinsville a few months later. "I running for the residents and businesses of the city of Watkinsville, not against Mr. Link," said Matthews. "I think my opponent has done some great volunteer work with the Fire Department and the City Council, but I intend to come to this job with an open mind and a steady hand." Link has summarily dismissed every vote for beer and wine permits in the city permitting process, never...

Alan Alexander, 117 Southland Dr. Watkinsville 30677 706-769-1163 706-549-4007 alexan547@aol.com attorney (self-employed) Wayne Bagley 5421 Hog Mountain Rd.Watkinsville 30677 706-769-8560 404-558-3218 bagley w@bellsouth.net commercial developer (Lassiter Properties, Inc.) Britt Beaver 1340 Calls Creek Cir.Watkinsville 30677 706-769-1035, 706-255-3928, 706-255-3928 brittbeav@charter.net teacher/coach (Jackson Co) part-time policeman (Statham) Roslyn Beckstead 1250 Skipstone Dr. Watkinsville 30677 706-310-9568, 706-540-8457 roslynbeckstead@hotmail.com former chemistry/physics teacher Michael Brown 1404 Shenandoah Dr. Watkinsville 30677 678-234-4719, 678-365-3311 msblawfirm@att.net attorney (self-employed) Michael Burnette 1131 Christian Dr. Watkinsville 30677 706-769-0236, 706-769-9393, area mgr (Tires Plus) Mark Capobianco 1680 Mayne Mill Rd. Watkinsville 30677 706-769-7270, 706-202-4355, 706-202-4355 owner (Cappy's Custom Cabinets) Cindy Chapman P.O. Box...

Subject: BOE: countdown to the election Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:16:47 -0400 From: Rich Clark <richclark32@yahoo.com> Reply-To: Rich Clark <richclark32@yahoo.com> To: <clark4boe@yahoo.com> Friends and supporters:   More than 30 percent of eligible Oconee voters have cast their ballots by this point, and in 8 days this election will be behind us.  To this point, my opponent has done very little to reach voters in our county, relying mainly on the fact that he is affiliated with the majority party.  If his low intensity effort is indicative of the effort he would put into his position as a Board member, we should all be concerned.    Because there is so little information about the BOE race available to voters, please refer anyone struggling with their decision on this race to our respective web sites: ...