Oconee County, GA Politics

As your narrowly elected new City Council member-elect (come 7 pm Thursday, January 19, 2017 the "-elect comes off and you are certainly invited to the swearing-in by Judge David Anglin) I am deeply humbled and grateful for the trust you have instilled in me to work for you in the City of Watkinsville. As you may know, I have wanted to serve for a long time, and I am truly thrilled to have the opportunity to serve in local elected office in our County Seat of Oconee County. I get to be trained in Macon in late February along with my fellow new council member Christine Tucker. Please continue to let me know if there are any issues of interest to you, your business, your family, or friends in Watkinsville. I will certainly respond no matter whether you were one of the 568 votes against me, or the 570 for voted for me, or even if you are not registered to vote or simply chose not to exercise your right this last go-round. I will not play favorites, and will try my best to resp...

Short-handed Oconee commission tables decision on huge solar farm

Horton tops Wiedower for Oconee County commission seat

Child reported left in car at Oconee County Walmart

Do-it-yourself what?! More kidney patients learning in-home dialysis

OCAF’s Holiday Market going on this weekend

The intersection at the Oconee Connector and Old Epps Bridge will be closed for a couple of hours due to a gas leak. The intersection at the Oconee Connector and Old Epps Bridge will be closed for a couple of hours due to a gas leak. Atlanta Gas Light is on the scene and working to restore the broken gas line. Address/Location Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office 1140 Experiment Station Rd Watkinsville, GA 30677 Contact Emergency: 9-1-1 Non-emergencies: 706-769-5665

Oconee County Observations: Oconee Commission Appoints Executive Director Of S... : Replaces Horton Oconee County Commissioner Jim Luke lost his bid Tuesday night to keep fellow commissioners William “Bubber” Wilkes and Ma...

Who will be the new Congressman from Georgia. Remember it will be a special election....

Early voting starts today in Oconee County commission runoff

Worthy of your time and efforts Sincerely, Dan Matthews From: Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation <director@ocaf.ccsend.com> on behalf of Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation <info@ocaf.com> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 9:37 AM To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: Volunteers Still Needed for Holiday Market & Artists' Shoppe!   Sign up now to help out with this fun holiday event! Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Many Hands Make Light Work! Will you Volunteer for Holiday Market? Dear Dan, The Annual Holiday Market & Artists' Shoppe is one of our most popular annual events and offers gift-buyers an opportunity to shop for a wide variety of unique art and crafts objects from some of the region's mos...

Early voting for runoff in Oconee Co

SERVICE INTERRUPTION NOTICE

Water disruptions today, tomorrow in Oconee Co

Police searching for armed man in 'altered mental state' in West Athens neighborhood : Athens-Clarke County Police are currently working an active scene on Darlington Station Road in West Athens.

Local musician toured with the late Leon Russell : Jay Rodgers speaks of the late Leon Russell not in the sappy palaver of a distanced fan but in the jocular patois shared by musicians on the road.

Watkinsville must wait on Sunday sales : Watkinsville City Council’s procrastination on a Sunday sales referendum will necessitate a special election in early 2017, mirroring the same breakdown that occurred in 2014 when the city failed to put liquor by the drink on the November ballot.

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Local Republican electors targeted by last-ditch anti-Trump effort

Stacey Evans, Democratic Representative from Smyrna to the Georgia House, told Oconee County Democrats not to criticize the voters for the defeat of Hillary Clinton and election of Donald Trump on Nov. 8 in Georgia. The Democrats didn’t get out enough of their voters to win the election in Georgia and across the country, she said. Evans said the Democratic Party is on the right side of issues facing Georgia and that she believes the party will have success in the state in the near future not only because of the changing demographics but also because issues the party champions have broad popular support. Evans was speaking to a group of 30–all but four of them women–at the Oconee County Library in Watkinsville on Nov. 13, five days after Donald Trump swept to victory with the support of the majority of the voters in Oconee County and the state. Evans told the group to start working harder at the local level to get Democrats elected to local and state offices. ...