Oconee County, GA Politics

Anyone who knows anything should call Watkinsville Police Chief Lee O'Dillon as soon as possible Officer's Home, Car Set On Fire - Photos - WSB Atlanta

I sure as hell hope this was not racially motivated. More coverage of the early Sunday morning arson in Watkinsville. Authorities Suspect Arson in Fire at Cop's Home - 11Alive.com | WXIA | Atlanta, GA

I am shocked that this kind of crime can be committed right here in Watkinsville. I hope they catch whomever is responsible and hang him. Police Officer's Home, Car Torched; Arson Suspected - News Story - WSB Atlanta

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AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE May 12, 2010 CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK WATKINSVILLE BEAUTIFUL YARD AWARD PRESENTATION WATKINSVILLE YOUTH GARDEN CLUB – WALT GEORGE MINUTES 1. April 14, 2010 APPEARANCES 1. Shaunda & David Boucugnani – business license – B-Squared Adventures d/b/a Lil’ Bits of Oconee – 11 School Street 2. Deborah & Eric Shugart – business license – Innovative Health Designs – 20 S. Third Street 3. Jay Boyd – business license – Busted Publishers, LLC – 1101 Jacob Drive 4. Brent Leach – business license – Concrete Cleaning Technologies – 1260 Stone Shoals Terrace 5. Luke Smith – building permit – 1041 Business Boulevard – 30x34 warehouse addition ADMINISTRATION 1. April 30, 2010 Reconciliation Report – General Fund and SPLOST MAYOR’S REPORT CITIZEN’S COMMENTS OLD BUSINESS 1. Public Hearing 2 & Consideration – Zoning Ordinance Amendment – Retail 2. Budget Hearing #2 3. Public Hearing 2 & Consideration – Soil Erosion & Sedimentation Ordinance Upd...

Subject: Saturday's Farmer's Market To: oconeefm@yahoo.com Hope everyone is well and ready for the Market to open it's seventh year! We will have apple, pecan and sweet potato pies, banana nut bread, blueberry muffins, angel food cake and fresh homemade breads! We will have fresh Shiitake mushrooms! Homemade sheep's milk soaps along with fresh locally grown herbs, edible flowers, greens, radishes, sprouts, green onions, spinach, squash and homemade egg noodles. Don't forget about our farm fresh eggs and hopefully some Johnson Dairy Milk! We will have ornamental plants as well as some flowers. So come on out and pick up some locally grown, fresh goodness and get something for Mom!   Karl Berg 706-215-7385 www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  and http://www.apvoc.com/

Sounds like this will be a great show. Everybody please attend if they can. Oconee Middle School is the place to be. Students host music show for Haiti relief || OnlineAthens.com

Buffoonish embarrassment excuse for a Congressman in the 10th district of Georgia Paul Broun turns his back on 60 years of scientific gains and innovations. Perhaps it is time we turn our back on Paul Broun and vote in Russell Edwards. House Member Sees NSF as a 60-Year Mistake - ScienceInsider

Come help us clean up garbage along Simonton Bridge Road/Whitehall Road coming into Watkinsville Saturday morning. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: jveit@bellsouth.net Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 21:53:49 -0400 Subject: [oconee] Reminder: Democrats VS Republicans Watkinsville Litter Clean-Up   Just a reminder and final entreaty to area Democrats to meet on Saturday, May 8th at 9 am at the Watkinsville First Baptist Church (1610 Simonton Bridge Rd., Watkinsville) to clean up Watkinsville. This is the now annual Democrats VS Republicans Litter Clean-Up. Last year, we outdid them. Let's do it again, then meet at Jittery Joe's in Watkinsville to enjoy each other's company and drink free coffee. Partly sunny with temperatures in the mid 60s at that time in the morning. The weather couldn't be better! When: Saturday, May 8th, 9 am Where: Meet at Watkinsville First...

Please be considerate and give plenty of room to bicyclists commuting to and from work. I saw my friend and Watkinsville City Council member Brian Brodrick biking up dangerously narrow Simonton Bridge Road last night and I always give any bike rider plenty of room when I drive by and feel guilty burning diesel in my big red pick up truck. Also drivers please be extra wary of large turtles and armadillos not to mention bicyclists. I have heard tell or seen dead two of each recently in my repeated commute. I was very pleased to see my thoughtful mail carrier Bob Mason go well out of his way Tuesday to pick up and move a huge snapping turtle and move it across the road, only to see a bigger than football sized shell smashed somewhere between Morgan Manor Estates and Taylors Landing subdivisions soon thereafter on the other side of Simonton Bridge/Whitehall Road. Brian and Tony Glenn told me there was another large smashed turtle or tortoise shell up by the cemetery closer to downtown Watk...

It is great that we will not have furloughs but I am sorry for county employees having to pay more in insurance premiums, as are the rest of us. Oconee commission opts not to furlough || OnlineAthens.com

Oconee County's Zach Mettenberger, recently banished from Valdosta for groping a girl twice at a bar and kicked off the University of Georgia football team, claims he is going to get a scholarship to play football for the Cincinnati Bearcats. Breaking News EXCLUSIVE-Zach’s Second Chance Posted using ShareThis

Friend -- If you didn't catch Monday's strategy session, here are the video highlights and an in-depth look at what you missed: http://my.barackobama.com/2010StrategyHighlights First, we're going to continue to support the President on critical issues. Success in the 2010 election depends upon highlighting the choice voters have in front of them, so we'll be working hard to build support for Wall Street reform, a clean-energy economy, immigration reform, the confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice, and other key priorities. A key piece of this is to continue to tell the story of President Obama's leadership and what we've already accomplished together. On health insurance reform, 3 million of you took action to voice your support for a law that reduces costs, increases access, and puts an end to some of the worst insurance company abuses. While there's still a long way to go on the economy, we're on the path to recovery. With your suppor...

For the second day in a row May 5th, 2010, notorious local sports radio mouthpiece and recently DUI accused Georgia fan Jeff Dantzler of Cox Radio's 960 the Ref (broadcast out of Bogart) decided to needlessly inject a political slur into what is usually a fairly entertaining and informative afternoon talk show. Neither time, taken by themselves, would warrant any action, but this is not Dantzler's first trip to the woodshed, so to speak. Jeff's antipathy toward anyone left of Ronald Reagan is well known, but this time he decided that all left wingers hate our government. I responded for the second day in a row in the most effective way possible, and that is turning off the radio. I would expect something this sophomoric and juvenile out of someone with much less experience that Dantzler. Anyone who even gives a casual listen to the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Neal Boortz would realize the standard operating procedure of right wing radio talk show hosts is to dec...

Hope he is OK. Motorcyclist crashes near Oconee Co. High || OnlineAthens.com

Well written story by Chris Starrs about the Legislative Democratic leader from Alabama who grew up in Oconee County. Hinton Mitchem: A son of 2 states || OnlineAthens.com

Dr. Wyatt will lead an interesting and educating stroll in Harris Shoals Park Saturday morning. Ecology expert will lead Saturday stroll || OnlineAthens.com

Hope we do not have flooding of the Oconee River, but it was very high when I drove by this morning. Officials eye Oconee River as inches of rain dumped on area || OnlineAthens.com

Ex-QB admits groping bar worker || OnlineAthens.com

I was also informed that this was his third alcohol related incident this weekend by a reliable source. No major college team in America will take him now in this post-Roethlisberger era. He is certainly not going to transfer to Valdosta State. The groping allegations we reported a month ago after the G-Day game prove to be correct. Mettenberger pleads guilty to sexual battery || OnlineAthens.com