Oconee County, GA Politics

Here are some of the pictures I took this morning from the garbage clean up in the city of Watkinsville which was dreamed up by Mayor Jim Luken as a means to foster some friendly political competition between Republicans, Democrats and Independents inside the city limits. Sadly there are lots of pockets of garbage remaining off the main thoroughfares, but that is for another day. For an hour on a warm Saturday morning, more than fifty people who participated in the clean up of every stripe and direction Some of the people who picked up free coffee from Jittery Joe's this morning after cleaning up garbage in the city limits. My son Lowell picking up garbage on Barnett Shoals in Watkinsville this morning. We started out at 8:30 at the church near Chairman Veit's house at Calls Creek, then drove on Norton Road and started picking up garbage at the sides of the road on Barnett Shoals. Picked up a couple of odd items ranging from a photo of people kissing to several parts of hubca...

The latest on the litter political picker uppers tomorrow morning Begin forwarded message: From: "Jonathan R. Veit" < jveit@bellsouth.net > Date: May 29, 2009 6:52:32 PM EDT To: " oconeedemocrats@yahoogroups.com " < oconeedemocrats@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [oconeedemocrats] From Mayor Jim Luken: Watkinsville Political Clean-up Reply-To: oconeedemocrats@yahoogroups.com From:   Jim Luken <mayor@cityofwatkins ville.com> Date:   Fri, 29 May 2009 16:42:39 -0400 Conversation:   Watkinsville Political Clean-up Subject:   Watkinsville Political Clean-up We've had a good response to the Watkinsville "Political Clean-up" of the main arteries transiting the City.     Matt Adair and his group have been the last to join and will cover Experiment Station Road and hopefully Greensboro Highway.  Peggy Holcomb reinforced by Councilman Mike Link will cover North Main Street. Jonathan Veit and the Obamas will cover Simonton Bridge Road and hopefully ...

You do not have to live in Watkinsville or even Oconee County to help us pick up litter this Saturday. If you are one to want to help the Democratic leaning lifters of garbage, you may gather at Chairman Jonathan Veit's house in Calls Creek subdivision (actually just outside Watkinsville city limits on Simonton Bridge Road/Whitehall Road entrance to Watkinsville at 8:30 am. This is near Veit's house and you can call him at 706-255-0222 or email gridirongazette@bellsouth.net or you can pick up debris in your own neighborhood if need be. This is from an email sent out by Veit earlier this week. What: Watkinsville Litter Pick-up. When: Saturday, May 30th, from 9 - 10 am (Coffee at Jittery Joe's to follow.) Where: Gather at the entrance to Calls Creek Estates, which is on Simonton Bridge Road. Park at the Watkinsville First Baptist Church, 1610 Simonton Bridge Road. Calls Creek Estates is directly across the street from the church. From Veit's house, or possibly on my own ...