Oconee County, GA Politics

High Shoals has election fraud? Can someone refresh my mind on that one? This post is by Fred Johnson Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 18:55:41 -0700 From: ilovehighshoals@yahoo.com Subject: TONHS March & April Notes from Fred To: ilovehighshoals@yahoo.com Dear Fellow High Shoalers,                                                                                          May 15, 2011 I have combined the notes for the last two meetings below.  During March the town continued discussions about road repairs, comple...

Oconee County Observations: Regional Biking and Walking Plan Not An Agenda Ite... : "No “Desire” For Discussion The Oconee County Citizen Advisory Committee on Land Use and Transportation Planning spent much of two meetings ..."

Deal's office slams TV report about daughter-in-law | savannahnow.com

Italian flavors pervade Dominick's in Watkinsville || OnlineAthens.com

Watkinsville Budget Meeting Set for June 8 - Oconee, GA Patch

Thanks to the Oconee Patch for the update. I would suggest avoiding First Street and Main Street in Watkinsville Monday morning. I will have to slightly alter my route to take my son to school.

Athens Area Democrats welcomed the chairs from Oconee, Barrow, Oglethorpe and Clarke Democratic Committees Saturday morning at Brett's restaurant to breakfast brainstorm about ways to head off Republican redistricting ploys and possibly position a person to run against the Republican three in the 113th. Dwight Acey from Barrow County described his culture shock coming from the Bay Area in California to find a culturally and politically dormant left in Barrow. Victor Gagliano described some of the obstacles they have overcome in Oglethorpe County en route to keeping the Sheriff's and other offices in the Democratic column, which is an increasingly rare phenomenon in Georgia these days. Bill Overend of the Athens-Clarke Democratic committee described the once in a lifetime opportunity to get an as of yet unnamed Democratic candidate elected in fractured 113th House race in an election that will otherwise attract an extremely low turnout in Oconee and southern Clarke, Northe...

Begin forwarded message: From: Jane Kidd < jane.kidd@gmail.com > Date: May 14, 2011 2:40:49 PM EDT To: Patsy Harris < patsydudney@yahoo.com > Cc: Kim Bailey < kimbailey2010@hotmail.com >, John Bigelow < jrbigelow@windstream.net >,   Dianne Brookins < dbroo92288@aol.com >, Donna Brown < transcripts@yahoo.com >,   Suzy Compere < equilibrium.earth.ltd@gmail.com >, Suzy Compere < scompere@gmail.com >,   Floyd Everett < floydeverett@bellsouth.net >, Victor Gagliano < victorgagliano@yahoo.com >,   Bob Gray < ltgrgray@aol.com >, Helen Smith Greene < HelenHSmith@att.net >,   Janet Hill < janetehill@bellsouth.net >, Jana Hill Rabun < jchill1983@aol.com >,   Walter Hobbs < wjhobbs1@hotmail.com >, Chris Hodges < Chrishodges40@gmail.com >,   Cavonna Holcomb < cavonna.holcomb@gmail.com >, Felton Hudson < flhud@aol.com >,   John Jeffreys < j.jeffreys@w...

Car show a success || OnlineAthens.com

Watkinsville attorney lobbies for family court || OnlineAthens.com

Bike ride for band || OnlineAthens.com

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:36:26 -0700 From: oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: This week at the Oconee Farmers Market To: Come see us this Saturday morning behind the Eagle Tavern museum! Our vendors will be offering fresh greens (kale, beet greens, chard, etc.), green onions, green garlic, potatoes, herbs, shiitake mushrooms, live plants, grassfed Senepol beef, lamb, sheep's milk soap, applesauce, plum jam, strawberry jam, local honey, sourwood honey with comb, fresh flowers, birdhouses, bread, lefse, granola, cakes, poundcakes, muffins, shea butter products, boiled and fried peanuts, pork skins, beef jerky, pickles on a stick, and much more!   Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated) 

It just keeps getting worse as the Deal team has kept out the Fox 5 crew of the signing of House Bill 87 Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 23:31:27 -0400 From: info@georgiademocrat.org To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Gov. Deal's Hidden Payments Message body Revealed just minutes ago,  an investigation into Governor Deal's campaign disclosures uncovers $90,000 in payments to a clandestine business owned by the Governor's own daughter-in-law.   ...

For this brief appearance on a public service annoucement about skin cancer

Please consider participating in this reading club event Sincerely,  Dan Matthews  To: oconee@yahoogroups.com  From: ppriest@charter.net  Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:47:39 -0400  Subject: [oconee] Reading about Reconstruction  Here's the information below about the community book group's final,  wonderful book in a series of books we've read this year to commemorate  the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's inception. (After this, we're  reading a couple of books about nature, including the well-regarded  " Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate  Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity " by James Hansen.)  This month we're reading " A Short History of Reconstruction ." We think  times are hard and discouraging now! People working for the poor and for  African-Americans had a brief window for change, but many forces worked  against them.  We're meeting these...

I was unable to attend this meeting but rely on the reporting of Watkinsville Mayor Joe Walter's writing of what happened here. I hope they can consider more plans to help the stagnant local economy than just cutting some trees in yet another undersold development.  ODA-minutes-5-10-10.pdf (application/pdf Object)

With his announcement of running for the 113th, this kind of question will be getting more scrutiny now

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Hearings scheduled on U.S. 78 widening || OnlineAthens.com

Peanut Politics: Georgia Democrats Need New Stars: a Farm Team.