Oconee County, GA Politics

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: ppriest@charter.net Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 15:28:35 -0400 Subject: [oconee] Up for Discussion: The New Jim Crow   We'll be discussing Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow," an important and award-winning book about racial injustice, for the Oconee Democrats' October book. Local attorney Pam Hendrix will lead the discussion. A reviewer for the New York Review of Books wrote: "Striking . . . Alexander deserves to be compared to [writer and activist W.E.B.] Du Bois in her ability to distill and lay out as mighty human drama a complex argument and history." The group will meet upstairs at Chops and Hops in the Town Center complex (2 S. Main Street in Watkinsville) on Wednesday, October 30th. Participants arrive early to order dinner and chat so that the book discussion begins promptly at 7. Newcomers of any political affiliation and from any county ...

From: Denise Ricks athensareademocrats@hotmail.com Date: December 29, 2012 8:25:48 AM EST To: Athens Area Democrats athensareademocrats@hotmail.com Subject: Athens Area Democrats Breakfast - January 12th ATHENS AREA DEMOCRATS BREAKFAST SPEAKERS Spencer Frye State House of Representatives - District 118 Frank Ginn Georgia State Senate – District 47 They will be discussing the upcoming legislative session. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 TH   AT 9:00AM BRETT'S 3190 ATLANTA HIGHWAY * ATHENS, GA (in the Ingles shopping center – near Phil Hughes Honda) BRETT'S IS NOT NORMALLY OPEN FOR BREAKFAST. THEY OPEN AND PREPARE THE BREAKFAST JUST FOR OUR MEETING. THEREFORE, WE MUST GIVE THEM A REASONABLY CAREFUL NUMBER TO EXPECT.   IF YOU MAKE A RESERVATION, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO PAY THE $10.    WE DO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME JUST FOR THE PROGRAM. HOWEVER, THIS IS A BREAKFAST MEETING AND SPACE IS LIMITED.    WHILE WE WELCOME ANYO...

I strongly urge everyone in the 117th to support Regina Quick in the GOP Primary July 31st Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:20:31 -0400 Subject: REGINA QUICK in the NEWS - Support Growing! From: angelameltzer.cpa@gmail.com To: angelameltzer.cpa@gmail.com REGINA QUICK IN THE NEWS # 1 It's very exciting to be reporting that Regina Quick is receiving fantastic support from all over the district and, quite wonderfully, very bi-partisan support . BOTH Democrats and Republicans are behind Regina. In addition, support is coming from outside the district too. Seems people from "other parts too" really do want to be rid of McKillip in the State House. For more on the topic: D ouble click the following link for an article that appeared in last week's Flagpole Magazine. http://flagpole.com/news/2012/may/30/capitol-impact/ ******************************************************************************* # 2 Ma...