Oconee County, GA Politics

Oconee County Budget Meetings Planned for Next Week

Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:55:15 -0700 From: ilovehighshoals@yahoo.com Subject: TONHS June 20 Budget Hearing and Voting Reminders from Fred To: ilovehighshoals@yahoo.com Dear Fellow High Shoalers,                                                                                          June 15, 2011 This coming Monday is the 2nd budget hearing for next year's budget.  I attended last month and can attest that the council wants and needs your feedback about budget decisions.  The hearing starts at 7pm and will be followed by their r...

Mary Mellein is a friend of mine who has run for office before and been involved in numerous Oconee County residents' efforts, and I generally support just about everything she does. I do not want to see the elimination of the Keep Oconee County Clean and Beautiful Commisson either and urge you to let your Commissioners know of your decision to support this important citizens committee. I also do not want to the Board of Commissioners jack up the registration fees for the Recreation Department activities either. I am afraid that is what they are going to do. Sounds like it is a job for our concerned voters to voice their opinions as soon as possible. The following was written by her: --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Mary MELLEIN <mrmellein@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Mary MELLEIN <mrmellein@bellsouth.net> Subject: Help Keep the Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission To: mrmellein@bellsouth.net Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 2:49 PM Dear Friend,   I am writing to make y...

SPLOST or Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax is a way governments fund project with projected future revenues. Here is an article posted early this morning about the Oconee County Board of Commissioners setting priorities for expenditures in the near future.

Local soil scientists want to stay put in Watkinsville working at the USDA's J. Phil Campbell Sr. Soil Research Center instead of having it fall to Federal Budget constraints for FY 2009.

The oh-so familiar J. Phil Campbell Sr. Agriculture Station on State Route 53/Experiment Station Road may cease to function after the new 2009 budget of President George Bush is adopted with the new fiscal year. This erosion experiment center will be a huge loss for the federal, state, county and municipal governments. Perhaps Gainesville State College can acquire the property for the ever-expanding needs of their growing and still-way-over-populated Oconee County campus across the street. While they should connect Bishop Farms Parkways North and South, because of wetland protection they will not without huge amounts of tax dollars. The proposed exit for the backside of the campus off 441 is way down the road of things the DOT is going to do in this county. We could sure use some sidewalks/bikepaths along Hog Mountain Road and all of Experiment Station Road.