Oconee County, GA Politics

Here is some info about where and when you can watch some debate action Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Upcoming Presidential and Vice-Presidential Debate Information Athens Area Obama Supporters, The Georgia Law Dems will be hosting a Vice-Presidential Debate Watching Party on Thursday, October 2 at Cine. If you went to the Presidential Debate last Friday, you know that you're in for a great time with a great crowd. Be sure to ge there early!!! We, unfortunately, had so more people than capacity at the venue last time. If you are interested in phone-banking, please arrive there at 7:30pm. Otherwise, please arrive there at 8:30pm for the 9pm debates. The Law Dems will also be hosting the next two Presidential Debates (October 7 and 15) at Allgood's at 8:30pm. Debates start at 9pm. Since Allgood's is a bigger venue, space should not be an issue. We hope that you will be able to join us at these events!!! -- A. Jarrod Jenkins University of Georgia ...

Tired of working in Georgia for Obama? Try North Carolina Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: phaines@ncforchange.com Subject: [OconeeCountyforObama] Volunteer in a battleground next door! Volunteer in a battleground next door! Hi there, I'm Pendry Haines, Border State Coordinator for the campaign in North Carolina.  At the center of Barack's 50-state strategy, North Carolina is a crucial swing state with 15 electoral votes up for grabs.   I wanted to personally invite you to come to North Carolina— it's ripe for turning Blue, but we urgently need more friends in the Field!  The race is close here and your help could mean the difference between a win and a loss.   You can come for a weekend, or a week, or the duration of the campaign, starting as soon as today.  I can help set you up with one of our regional offices, orient you to our program, and introduce you to our staff there.   We need your help here to put Barack over th...

I have been in the facility several times to take photos but I think it is something well worth investigating yourself further to find out what exactly goes on in this important research location across from the Oconee County Campus of Gainesville State College. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Subject: [oconee] Field-based tour at federal Ag center   I hope you will consider putting this on your calendar -- a unique opportunity on October 23rd to tour the prestigious federal agriculture facility and field sites in Oconee.   I think opportunities like this can deepen our sense of place as we get a first-hand look at the land and institutions around us.   This is the center whose funding is in jeopardy. The Senate Appropriations Committee gave them a short reprieve, as I describe below in the press release.   The Oconee Democrats are the sponsors of the tour, which is part of our monthly issues forums that are free and non-partisan. Even if you can't com...

Pretty much the last chance for candidates to come to our meeting before the election, Sherry Jackson and Johnathan McGinty Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:57:16 +0000 Subject: [oconee] Oconee Democrats Regular Monthly Meeting, 10/2/2008, 7:00 pm oconee Yahoo! Group Oconee Democrats Regular Monthly Meeting Thursday October 2, 2008 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm This event repeats every month on the first Thursday. Oconee County Courthouse ...

  Subject: Re: Hey guys Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:13:05 +0000 Natasha, Here are 3 more .jpg shots from the event.  In the Event desription on mybo, my last sentence was, "Come and stand with us on 'the shoulders of the Freedom Riders' as we register citizens in Greene Co., Georgia!"  When Margaret Leonard saw that, she picked up her phone and called me from Florida.  She described herself as "ancient" and has difficulty walking and wanted to know if she would be welcome at the event.  After encouraging her to come, she told me she was a Freedom Rider from the sixties and said, "I have a mug shot to prove it."  Margaret Leonard was 19 yrs. old in 1961 when she was arrested/jailed with other Freedom Riders.  Her mother was worried about her and phoned the jail frequently to make sure they knew she was monitoring the situation to ensure she was treated properly. The title of the book Margaret is hol...

Not only does she have time to coordinate the local version of Dancing with the Stars and various book club comparisons and gatherings, but also writes the occasional column for the Athens Banner-Herald , this one about our own little strip of heaven near the fastest growing development corridor round these parts.

Obama '08 -- The last day to register to vote in Georgia is next Monday, October 6th. Are you registered? Are your friends and family? If you only forward one email to your friends, family, and neighbors today -- make it this one. Each and every vote in Georgia is absolutely crucial to victory on Election Day. Visit VoteForChange.com, our one-stop voter registration website, and register before the Georgia deadline. Supporters like you have built the biggest grassroots movement in the history of American politics. But in just 8 days, the time for bringing new voices into the political process will be over. You need to be certain that you, your friends, and your family are registered by the deadline -- it's a small step that will have a huge impact on our Election Day results. This election is too important to l...

Next Sunday at 5 pm Watkinsville City Council member Joe Walter will be hosting an informal gathering of supporters and curious residents of the municipality seeking information about his contested re-election bid against Luke Bishop at the Yarn Shop on Barnett Shoals Road across from the industrial areas of LAD Truck Line and Southwire in the wonderfully restored barn built back by Quinton Phillips and his wife Cindy Jerrell. Joe brought by one of his second generation yard signs Saturday to tell me about it. I think I saw Luke and gave him one of those all-knowing nods as a traversed the Main Street - Simonton Bridge/Whitehall Road gauntlet toward my abode in the rare non soccer Saturday.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Today's VR Event in Greene Co... A SUCCESS!!! Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:07:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Hi, All.   We had an amazing day with voter registration in Greene Co. today.  The amazement was not only that 50+ volunteers registered 135 new voters.  It was also in the make-up of the teams we had working in the predominately black neighborhoods and businesses in Greene County.  In most instances, the teams were biracial teams united in the common cause of getting a biracial candidate elected President of the USA.  Another piece of the amazement was Eris Gaul who was registering folks at the Galaxy grocery store in Union Point.  By lunch-time, Eris had already registered 15 people and was out of forms.  As of this writing, I don't know what her total was for the day, but I think she probably g...

Now I Get It Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:47:01 -0500 > To: Let me see if I have this straight..... * If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different." * Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers: a quintessential American story. ------------------ * If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim. * Name your kids Willow, Trig, and Track: you're a maverick. ------------------ * Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable. * Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating: you're well grounded. ------------------ * If you become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, register 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing 13 million people while serving on the Forei...

Time to plant a few in your yards Subject: Obama - Biden signs and bumper stickers Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:02:00 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:01:52 -0700 From: communications@clarkedemocrats.com To: CCDC Committee and Advisory Group <ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com> CC: Friends <ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com> A new batch of Obama-Biden yard signs and bumper stickers are now available at Democratic Headquarters at 220 Prince Avenue!! Jenny Penney Oliver Chair Elect Clarke County Democratic Committee

Southern Circuit - Tour of Independent Filmmakers: Southern Circuit "Ripe for Change" Tour Day 8 Watkinsville,GA

CNN is reporting as of 11:30 AM that Republican nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona will stop his grandstanding shenanigans and appear in Mississippi this evening for the first Presidential debate against Democratic party nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. The debate commences at 9 pm Eastern time.

Subject: Tell McCain and Obama: We need a real debate on the economy. Dear Friend, John McCain thinks we don't need a presidential debate on Friday night. We disagree. We need a real debate on the economy, and we need it now. The presidential candidates should hold their debate Friday as scheduled, and address the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout. We've been hearing a lot this week about how our economy is in a crisis - maybe the worst crisis since the Great Depression. Politicians on the left and the right have made all kinds of claims about exactly how much or little we should panic and what that means for the policies we should enact. We reject the notion that canceling the debate is the best way to focus on the economy. We have a monumental decision to make this November, and we deserve a robust conversation on the defining issues of our time. I just signed a petition calling on Senators McCain and Obama to debate economic issues this Friday -- I hope you will too....

Hey, Oconee Supporters for Change.   Check-out the article Natasha sent to all Obama team leaders re the value of knocking on doors - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/on-road-grand-junction-colorado.html   Then, come back here and sign-up or confirm (if you haven't) that you're going to go knock on doors with us Saturday morning: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs53sl   Georgia's turning BLUE!!!   Carl ***** Carl McGrath 1031 Simonton Drive Watkinsville, GA 30677-2579 (706) 769-3400 --- On Wed, 9/24/08, Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> wrote: From: Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> Subject: Knock Knock Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 2:22 PM Hi Guys, I wanted to share this with you. It's a study that shows Knocking on Doors is one of single most important things you can do in an election, ...

I could somehow not remember Scott Howard's last name while telling manager and good buddy Mark Marchand behind the counter about Larry Munson retiring (the guy behind in line with the son looking eerily like Mark's eight year old Jalen reminded me). But I got my usual two Tilapia tacos to go and on the way out, after a long line had surfaced, a much littler boy who has just been playing soccer was instead blowing in and out of a just small enough plastic bags covering just a little too much of his face for most folks comfort, seems I was only one checking him out at the critical juncture. Mom was at the front of the line maybe 15 feet away blindsided by the line of people oddly behind her (usually the line snakes to the left side). So in a split second I decided I was justified on raining on this maybe six year old's parade and used my scariest grown up voice to very sternly and loudly yanked the plastic sack away and say NO, fully looking for his mom. She mouthed thank y...

Oconee Teams for Change in Georgia (Meeting) Everyone is welcome. Please come help plan and execute plans for rallying support for Obama-Biden in Oconee and Greene Counties. We will meet for an hour and then do phone banking until 9pm. If you can, bring your cell phone and help. "Keep fighting the good fight." Time: Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 PM Duration: 2 hours Host: Carl McGrath Contact Phone: 706-769-3400 Location: The Sanctuary (Watkinsville, GA) 2nd Street and Barnett Shoals Road Watkinsville, GA 30677 View Map: * Google Maps * MapQuest * Yahoo! Maps Directions: From Main Street, take Barnett Shoals Rd. 2 blocks and park on 2nd Street. Enter at the covered entry on 2nd Street. Signup for 'Oconee Teams for Change in Georgia' Will you attend: How many attendees total: (incl. yourself)

Please contribute any gently used items you may want to donate for a Fall Festival yard sale at Rita Bennett's house in Watkinsville very near Rocket Field at Second Street. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. From: bonanzagirl@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:25:39 +0000 Subject: [oconee] yard sale Hi Everyone,   Just wanted to remind everyone there is the Dems Annual Yard Sale on Saturday, Oct. 18.   No one has brought anything over to the house as of yet.    I know some of you have some problems on pricing your items.  No problem, call me or email me and arrangements will be made for you to bring your stuff to the house and I will do the pricing for you.   Remember we cannot have a Yard Sale without items to sale.   Rita 706-410-6735

More splendid insight and opportunities for Oconee enlightened voters. From: Lee Becker < lbbecker@mindspring.com > Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:11 PM Dear Friends, Please mark your calendars for two important upcoming meetings: 7 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 7, Oconee County Courthouse. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners to discuss the proposed Epps Bridge Centre on Epps Bridge Parkway. See my blog of last night for details ( www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com ). 7-9 p.m. Monday Oct. 13, Oconee County Library in Watkinsville. Candidate Forum. Oconee County Board of Education candidates Tom Breedlove and Rich Clark, 46th Senate District candidates Bill Cowsert and Sherry Jackson, and Tom Leach, write-in candidate for the chairmanship of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, have agreed to take part. The Forum is being organized by members of five citizen organizations: Citizens for Oconee's Future, Citizens for South Oconee County, Friends of Barber Creek, Fr...