Oconee County, GA Politics

After getting harassed in our local grocery store yesterday ~ Publix ~ by a bunch of teenage Bishop baseball players with the last name of Poynter for wearing a shirt with our President on it and then subsequently being told by a friend's 16 year old daughter with the worst frown on her face she could not be seen with me because of the same shirt and she joined the College Republicans - yes you Madison Hood - the need for education for and enlightening our Oconee, Walton and Clarke County youth is greater than ever. Please attend or at least donate to the Moore's Ford Memorial Committee banquet this Thursday. From: "Rich Rusk" < richrusk@bellsouth.net > Date: April 20, 2009 6:21:20 AM EDT To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Subject: please attend April 23 banquet -   news about FBI investigation   Dear folks,    Sometime today or tomorrow, many of you should receive a hard copy mailer inviting you to our Tenth Annual Moore's Ford Scholarship Banquet, set f...

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: best of the best on Obama's election Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:03:56 -0500 From: Rich Rusk <richrusk@bellsouth.net> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>   Dear Moores Ford friends...and special friends,    Janice and I continue to marvel over the impact that Barack Obama's election has had on our lives. We simply cannot get over it.    I have been reading voraciously since November 5 and have enclosed three articles and one cartoon - sent by my brother Dave - that had a special impact. The impact of Obama's election on Kenyans is especially fascinating.    To quote Garrison Keilor (see more below),   "The French junior minister for human rights said, 'On this morning, we all want to be American so we can take a bite of this dream unfolding before our eyes.'"    Our nex...

 Proof positive that we can effect change here in Oconee County and beyond for Barack Obama.   -------------- From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> Subject: Thanks! for Heeelp! With phone banking 7pm Tues Oct 14 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:56:40 +0000 We did it!  By Noon today we will complete the 450 GOTV phone calls we were given.  Thanks to all who showed up last night and helped with this.  This is huge!  The people we called, and the ones we will be contacting in the remaining 20 days, are first time and sporadic voters.  These are the voters who overwhelmingly vote for Obama.  Why is it important for them to hear from us?  Because they are new to, and typically unfamiliar with, voting procedures like early voting, voting location, photo ID requirements, etc.  Because we contact them, many of these citizens will vote who otherwise would not.  This is one of the main reasons campaig...

Subject: Heeelp! With phone banking 7pm Tues Oct 14 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:02:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com&; gt; All,   We need everybody tomorrow night!!!  Please come if you can, and bring someone with you.   WHAT: Phone Banking for GOTV - Get-Out-The-Vote WHEN: Tomorrow night 7pm Tues Oct 14th WHERE: The Sanctuary, on 2nd St. & Barnett Shoals Rd., Watkinsville DIRECTIONS: From Main St. take Barnett Shoals 2 blocks, turn left on 2nd and park. Enter the Sanctuary at the covered entry on 2nd St. BRING: Your cell phone and a copy of the attached script for leaving voice messages (There is a blank space for the amount of early votes. Currently it's near 300,000!!!).   Barb will provide phone lists and scripts for use with people who answer th...

Got the heads up from Pat Priest that there is a meeting at 7 pm at the Sanctuary - an old lovingly restored church - at 2nd and Barnett Shoals Road in Watkinsville. Should be an interesting get together. Please attend if you can. Thanks and sorry for all the spam that has appeared here recently.

For immediate release Oconee County Democrats Contact: Myrna Adams West myrnaaw@bellsouth.net The Oconee County Democrats will host a lecture about global warming by Dr. James W. Porter, a professor at UGA’s Institute of Ecology, on Sunday, April 29th, at 7 PM. A discussion will follow his talk, which is titled "Too Hot To Handle: Science and Partisanship in the Global Warming Debate." This free event will be held at the Sanctuary (located at the corner of Barnett Shoals Road and 1st Street) in Watkinsville. The public is invited to attend to learn more about how serious the threat is here in Georgia and what steps the state -- and individuals -- should be taking to address climate change. Dr. Porter is the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Ecology and holds a joint appointment with the Department of Marine Sciences. He studies the Georgia coast and Florida reefs and has testified before Congress about threats to those fragile and i...