Oconee County, GA Politics

Why should you want to fill out this survey? Because you might care about what local governments do with their roads, sidewalks and bike paths. Please take the time and fill out this survey sent to me by Dr. Anthony Glenn of Farmington. Subject: 2010 Northeast Georgia Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan   The Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (NEGRC; www.negplanning.org ) has created the first in a series of two online surveys to help guide the planning process for the 2010 Northeast Georgia Regional Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan. This first survey is at this link: http://tinyurl.com/mn3vam .  It should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete and is available until Friday, October 30, 2009.     The Northeast Georgia region includes the following counties: Athens-Clarke, Barrow, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton. Please help us gather as many responses as possible by sending the survey link to...

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.