Oconee County, GA Politics

Chairmans of the Board of Commissioners of Oconee County will come and go, and this is time for current chair G. Melvin Davis to go ahead and resign after the revelation of a second secret meeting in December of 2008 before the first one revealed at the start of this calender year. The whole stink about the attempted raises by the Oconee County Board of Education now threatens to smear the careers of not only chairman and Barberitos co-owner David Weeks, but also State Representative Bob Smith for being a turncoat if nothing else. To completely understand this local version of a secret cabal, you need a scorecard at the very least. Essentially Board of Commissioners chair G. Melvin Davis called meetings in December of 2008 without proper public notice and this is a crime for which he needs to do the time no longer as a public servant. Please step down now, Chairman Davis, and spare us any more of your public humiliation and embarrassment. There will be lots of finger pointing about wh...

Let David Weeks, Tom Breedlove, Mack Guest and cohorts know what you think of their raise idea. --- On Thu, 3/12/09, Rich Clark <richclark32@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Rich Clark <richclark32@yahoo.com> Subject: Special Board of Education Meeting announced To: "Rich Clark" <richclark32@yahoo.com> Cc: "Janet E. Clapp" <clapp@charter.net> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 11:51 PM In case you missed it, the Oconee BoE announced late this afternoon its intent to hold a public meeting on Monday, March 16th, at 5 p.m. for the expressed purpose of hearing from the public on the issue of Board member compensation.  In the Oconee Enterprise, BoE Chairman David Weeks said, "I don't feel that our side has been told. We want a chance to tell how it all happened."  So possibly this is more of a dialogue.    Because there is not much time to advertise this public meeting, please share the news with anyone who may be interested.  ...