Oconee County, GA Politics

Watkinsville restaurants such as Chops & Hops will now have the opportunity to compete with other area restaurants such as Cheddar's, where liquor by the drink has been successfully implemented for more than a few months now in greater Oconee County outside of the Watkinsville city limits. So far the only complaints I have heard are for the length of time it takes to get a seat at Cheddar's, and perhaps some whining from restaurant owners that have yet to pay the thousand dollar fee to pour liquor by the drink. The City of Watkinsville is expected to replicate that fee structure for a pouring license. The immediate reason that the March 2015 referendum passed at a ratio twice that of the County results from November 2014 (that included the municipality voters as well) is simply organization.  Postcards were sent, yard signs were made and planted in the yards of restaurants and homeowners, interviews were made, news stories filed, blogs were posted, newspapers were read,...

I was disappointed in the total turnout for the State of Georgia going down from the previous Presidential Election. Blake Aued writes about the Athens area turnout and quotes my friend Laura Floyd in Oglethorpe County (hope they had a great parade yesterday). They still have local elected officials in Oglethorpe of the Democratic persuasion. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Aaron Gould Sheinin had an article about the gains Georgia Democratic Party members made through out the state with the infrastructure in place for more gains in future elections . I found the accompanying map to be very interesting.