Oconee County came crashing to the ground in 2009
Many of the long standing myths surrounding Oconee County Georgia were dashed this year, including that of the never ending economic growth for the county and the supposed superiority of the School System were done in by a series of scandals and decisions which were seemingly not very popular with the majority of the local populace. Oconee County can no longer count on continued expansion of subdivisions in every direction as we have countless "PVC farms" and ghost towns in considerable corners of the main arteries ranging from Hog Mountain Road to Whitehall/Simonton Bridge Road. One can only hope for the local economy to improve well enough in 2010 where there will once again have need to build houses and have people living in them out here next year. The lack of some essential services in this county continues to come up perilously close to causing us some serious problems, but so far our government has done exactly what it needs to support our local police officers and...