Oconee County, GA Politics

So does this mean that State Representative Bob Smith, who may indeed have a future as a washing machine repairmen advertising star, could not sell some of his considerable property holdings to the Oconee County Government?  I commend his attempts at reform, but I think this is a misguided attempt at making a blanket "solution" to a problem that does not really compare to oh, say, the budget, or water, or education, or 4-H, or traffic or the brain train. Smith tries to cut off 2nd government check  | ajc.com Posted using ShareThis

So writes Don Nelson and recommends the Oconee County Planning Commission. Seems like I remember something about a hotel being built next to the horribly named Oconee County Community Complex a few years back which evidently fell through. Where would you like to stay while you are here? Let's just make sure they are on a safe sanitary sewer and not leaching in a huge septic tank doo-doo field. There is still lots of wheeling and dealing with the Oconee County Planning Commission and not the least bit of controls on conflicts of interests, appearances of conflicts of interests, buying lavish dinners for planners, free trips, good ol' boy backroom dealings and what not. Time to rope them back in with similar controls to what are already on the books in Clarke County. We need a real visionary community-driven comprehensive planning map for 40 or 50 years in the future around here before Oconee County suddenly becomes Snellville. Oconee County should take another clue from Watki...