Oconee County, GA Politics

From: ksolheim@oconee.k12.ga.us To: ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Subject: CCDC FW: Max Cleland in Athens this Friday! Dear CCDC members and friends, Please see the email below from Russell Edwards about an event this Friday, February 26. Looks like a great event! Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:13:26 -0500 Subject: Max Cleland in Athens this Friday! (Karen please distribute to Clarke Co. Dems list) From: russelljamesedwards@gmail.com To: ksolheim@hotmail.com CC: oliverjennypenney@gmail.com Greetings Clarke Co. Dems, I have organized a 25th Anniversary Celebration for UGA Law's Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) with the Hon. Max Cleland as the keynote! When: this Friday, 2/26, 7 pm Where: The Melting Point Details:  EJF awards fellowships to law students who work in unpaid public interest positions over the summer.  EJF celebrates its 25th Annual Auction this year, and we plan to do it in styl...

We really need you to attend this health care forum Thursday at the Oconee County Library in Watkinsville. From: ppriest@charter.net Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:22:39 -0500 Subject: [oconee] "Reform Forum" 7 PM Thursday in Oconee   Hello! I'm passing along a message from Michael Smith, one of the political organizers (with Russell Edwards) working to help us DEFEAT PAUL BROUN! Smith's message pertains to the "Health Care Reform Forum" scheduled Thursday in Watkinsville. The panel includes a medical billing specialist . . . a law school professor who specializes in health care policy, . . . and my wonderful husband, Neal, a local physician who is -- like the other panelists -- well versed in the proposed health care legislation. I don't normally like to promote the food at such meetings, as I KNOW that's not why you'd be coming! But we are going to have some healthy snacks and hot cider. After all, our habits -- and food ...

Please attend this important forum the day after my 47th birthday. Thank you and carry on. From: Pat Priest Date: January 24, 2010 12:18:57 PM EST Subject: Health Care Reform Forum The Oconee County Democrats' Health Care Reform Forum The Oconee County Democrats and a local political action committee called "Pull the Plug on Paul Broun, Jr." are co-sponsoring a Health Care Reform Forum at 7 PM Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at the Oconee County Library (1080 Experiment Station Road in Watkinsville, Georgia). Panelists at this free, public forum include Dr. Neal Priest, a local emergency physician (and Oconee County resident); Dr. Fazal Khan, a professor at UGA's School of Law who specializes in health care policy matters and holds both a medical and law degree; and Teresa Duncan, a health insurance billing specialist. Whatever the fate of the proposed legislation on that date, the panelists are knowledgeable and passionate about health care reform and will dis...

Hello! (the following was written by Pat Priest.) Okay, it's been a dreary week. One of the worst in a long while. We may have lost some big battles recently, but our cause is just! And area Democrats have some neat events planned I hope you'll check out. Email me if you need more info about anything. 1) The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will discuss the important book " Hot, Flat and Crowded " by Thomas Friedman this Wednesday at 6 at Five Points Deli on Epps Bridge Parkway. Next month's book is the classic " A Sand County Almanac ." 2) And the Oconee Democrats are co-sponsoring a health care reform forum on February 4th with a great panel. (Please read more below and come out to celebrate Democrats' laudable efforts to reform health care.) 3) The Pull the Plug on Paul Broun, Jr. PAC is sponsoring a State of the Union mixer at the restaurant/bar Transmetropolitan in downtown Athens at 8:30 on the 27th. C...

Interesting group with high ideals and goals, but we still need a viable candidate to oppose Dr. Broun. Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Subject: Pull the Plug 1st Regional Forum Tomorrow Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:45:28 -0700 Media release written by Michael Smith and includes quotes attributed to Dwight Acey, spokesperson for the Barrow County Citizens Group. Michael Smith is media and strategy adviser for Pull the Plug PAC. GA-7 Health Insurance Reform Supporters Organize Health Policy Forum Barrow County Citizens Group sponsors GA-7 Event in Winder, GA. Pull the Plug (GA-10) Provides Support for Event to Promote Regional Cooperation on Federal Issues Panel and media support provided by Athens, GA based Pull the Plug PAC to promote regional cooperation on timely federal issues. Pull the Plug PAC is an independent political action committee opposing U.S. Rep Paul Broun Jr. (GA-10) in the 2010 federal election. For more information about this a...