Oconee County, GA Politics

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Please help with James Marlow's campaign this Saturday. If you can help, please plan on meeting at the Butler Building (337 S. Milledge Ave, across the street from Clarke Central High School) on Saturday morning (5/19) at 10:00. We will be canvassing over in the Boulevard and Cobbham areas during the day on Saturday and should be done between 3:30 and 4:00. Anyone interested should call us at (706) 506-6394 or send us an email at payton.bradford@gmail.com

Extra Extra Read all about it: Wednesday 7 pm at Community Center on VFW Dr. in Watkinsville AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE May 9, 2007 CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK PRESENTATION OF THE WATKINSVILLE BEAUTIFUL YARD AWARD MINUTES 1. April 11, 2007 APPEARANCES 1. Mary McCall – business license – Caterpillar Wings – 33 Harden Hill Road 2. Nicole Hale – business license – glo Salon – 10B Barnett Shoals Road 3. Dan Ryll – business license – Ryll Equipment Company – 395 Jerry Smith Drive, Suite C 4. Tom Jackson – building permit – add bathroom to existing garage/studio – 48 S. Main St. 5. Oconee State Bank – building permit – renovate existing building – 35 N. Main St. 6. David Branch – building permit – construct a 110’ x 30’ building at 72 ½ N. Main Street 7. Four Pillars, LLC – preliminary plat – consider setback variance – 131 Whitehall Road 8. Cissy Watson – Wisteria Ridge Apartment Complex Update ADMINISTRATION March, 2007 Reconciliation Report MAYOR’S REPORT CITIZEN’S COMMENTS OLD ...

In a fundraiser for the historic female high school combined Athens Academy-North Oconee-Oconee County HS girls rugby team going to Nationals in Milwaukee, WI May 18-19-20, Sweet Retreat is giving away snowcones at the store in Town Center. Stop by and support your home girls and $how them your $upport.

Look, 10th district Congressional candidate Jim Whitehead can joke all he wants about blowing up UGA to rid the academic world of supposed leftists, but when he contends that Democrats are registering members of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network to vote, dumb ass redneck now-ex member of the State Senate District 24 has gone WAY too far. Nice attempt at scare or terror tactics, Whitehead. You may have just guaranteed Dr. Paul Broun will beat your ass even before a run-off. Here is what he said to Tom Crawford via Capitol Impact in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today: The language used in the debate over illegal immigration is getting pretty rough out there. Tom Crawford of capitolimpact.com has a piece, available at Atlanta Magazine, in which 10th District congressional candidate Jim Whitehead of Evans, a Republican, explains why he’s leaning on illegal immigration as an issue, rather than the war in the Middle East. Writes Crawford: “Iraq has not been a big thing in our district,” sai...

From Charles Baugh and Citizens for Oconee's Future: Just a quick note to let you know the Board of Commissioners denied the request to rezone a parcel along Daniells Bridge Road. The vote was 3 to 0 with Norris recusing himself. Issue was lack of adequate road infrastructure in the area. The citizens in the area did an outstanding job of organizing and presenting the issues in opposition to the proposal. Was more than just the adjacent neighborhoods. This is an excellent example of what can be accomplished when larger numbers of neighborhoods join to support each other. Petitions with over 400 signatures were presented to the Board. Will send further information later. Charles Baugh

I tried to pin down Melvin Davis about what date the Oconee County Board of Commissioners would have beer and wine in restaurants on the agenda, and it appears July is the date in question. Don Nelson does a good job of writing about it here.

More explanation here and here . The following is a letter from Terry Holley to Georgia State Democratic chair Jane Kidd. Dear Jane, This morning I had tried to send an email concerning qualifying, but my email was not cooperating. To bring you up to date, I waited until late yesterday to see how many people had qualified and decided that with three candidates running, it was not in the best interest of the Party or myself to enter this race. We had a window of opportunity immediately after Mr. Norwood’s passing and we blew it. Now, with some county committee’s endorsing a particular candidate, I have serious concerns as to why these counties are violating our bylaws and why our DPG officials have been waiting to give an interpretation on this. I certainly have informed our county chairs that I believe that this is a violation of our state party bylaws. I believe that you and I discussed this issue very early on which is why the state party would not give an endorsement. Competi...

For Immediate Release April 26, 2007 FFI Contact: Sylvia Wygoda Executive Director Georgia Commission on the Holocaust 404-433-4167 Secretary Handel Closes Qualifying for 10th Congressional District Special Election ATLANTA—Secretary of State Karen Handel closed qualifying for the 10th Congressional District today at noon. Ten candidates qualified and paid the qualifying fee of $4,950 for the special election to be held on Tuesday, June 19. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a run-off election will be held Tuesday, July 17. The following candidates qualified and will be placed on the ballot in alphabetical order: Paul Broun 1221 Knob Creek Dr. Athens, GA 30606 Party Affiliation: Republican Denise Freeman 1056 Freeman-Starks Dr. Tignall, GA 30668 Party Affiliation: Democrat Bill Greene 2431 Sahale Falls Ct. Braselton, GA 30517 Party Affiliation: Republican James Marlow 1153 Apalachee Dr. Lincolnton, GA 30817 Party Affiliation: Democrat Mark Myers 6419 Centerville ...

Looks like some candidates could not find the money to run. We still have 10 candidates to choose from on both sides of the political spectrum. Wonder what happened to Terry Holley?

Looks like the local G.O.P. big wig will be on trial after all

George McGovern: Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war (from the LA Times) The 1972 presidential nominee strikes back at the vice president for comparing today's Democrats to the McGovern platform. By George S. McGovern, GEORGE S. MCGOVERN, a former U.S. senator from South Dakota, was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972. April 24, 2007 VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney recently attacked my 1972 presidential platform and contended that today's Democratic Party has reverted to the views I advocated in 1972. In a sense, this is a compliment, both to me and the Democratic Party. Cheney intended no such compliment. Instead, he twisted my views and those of my party beyond recognition. The city where the vice president spoke, Chicago, is sometimes dubbed "the Windy City." Cheney converted the chilly wind of Chicago into hot air. Cheney said that today's Democrats have adopted my platform from the 1972 presidential race and that, in doing so, they will raise taxes....

Citizens for Oconee's Future, Inc. P. O. Box 1301 Watkinsville, GA 30677 Once again the Board of Commissioners will consider a rezone that will encroach on residential and agricultural areas. This rezone is along Daniels Bridge Road. Folks in Tanglebrook, Windy Creek, Northwest Woods and the Farmington area as well as several other neighborhoods are unfortunately all too familiar with this scenario. The Planning Commission recommended approval of this proposal, at its last meeting and the BOC will consider it at its next meeting on May 1. Following is the text of a message from Lee Becker with more information about the rezone and the Planning Commission hearing. Come to the May 1 hearing and support the folks along Daniels Bridge Road. If you live in a neighborhood where this has not happened, you are lucky, but your time is coming. If you have already experienced it you know it takes a lot of citizen input to be heard. Charlie Baugh Dear Neighbors: The Planning Commission ...

Forwarded from the Democratic Party of Georgia: This month the Secretary of State moved *227,944 voters *from the inactive file to the deleted file. In my County (Clayton) there were 6,721 deleted voters. I found out this information from my Board of Elections Supervisor only because I am on the Board of Election in Clayton County. We must ensure that all voters are aware of this information and to check their voter status on the Secretary of State's website or call their local County Board of Elections. Anyone that did not vote in the last two general elections 2004 and 2006 were deleted. I have provided the Georgia Code that outlines the process. The SOS sends out notices to these inactive voters and if no response or action they are deleted. I would advise anyone unsure about their status to re-register to vote. I would also advise anyone that registered to vote at any public governmental office to check their status as well. We have found t! hat a number of voters were not actu...

Terry Holley - his website is up and running at http://www.terryholley.us/ Rev. Jeff Reynolds - teaches Old and New Testament at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, a private boarding/day school in Rabun County. Here's a link to their Dec. newsletter: www.rabungap.net/faculty/communication/simplespirit_12_06.pdf Evita Paschall - http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/030107/met_118443.shtml Ms. Paschall, 55, has practiced law in Augusta for 31 years, beginning her career in the Richmond County District Attorney's office after graduating from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1976. She went into private practice with Carl Brown - now an Augusta Judicial Circuit Superior Court judge - in 1979 before opening her own practice in 1981. She has served as an assistant solicitor in Richmond County State Court and solicitor of Richmond County Civil and Magistrate Court. In 1992, she was appointed judge of Augusta Recorder's Court, which was abolished when the city and county governme...

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...

Very quietly Lincoln County resident James Marlow has worked his way into the favorite status for the Democratic party in the supposedly non-partisan (not so) free-for-all10th Congressional District race for the June 19th special election to replace the late Dr. Charlie Norwood. Marlow was endorsed by most members at a meeting of the Democratic County Chairs (Oconee chair Becky Vaughn was not there, nor at the last meeting of the local committee) in Habersham County a few weeks ago. Laura Floyd of Oglethorpe County did make the meeting and ultimately supported the decision to back Marlow. "I thought the meeting was conducted in a serious and professional manner," said Floyd, chair of the Oglethorpe Democrats. "Six candidates made presentations and answered questions from the assembled county chairs." (13 of 21 counties were represented, with some guests in the room including former Secretary of State candidate Carol Jackson and Ag Commissioner Tommy Irvin). While ...