Oconee County, GA Politics

From: Pastures Rose Creek Date:01/22/2014 5:39 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek: This Week's Harvest Greetings all!  Hate to be the bearer of bad news,here...but this week will mark the first week in 8 1/2 months that you will not find us here nor there...you will not find us anywhere...except for the farm, of course,  and Athens Locally Grown online market!  You see, folks, it is the end of the market season.  That is 3 1/2 months until the start of the next market season...and what will you do with your new found time?   That's 3.5 months we set you free to sleep in on Saturdays.  3.5 months to clean, organize, and prepare all your farmers market paraphernalia and regalia for the next season.  3.5 months to see the world....just be back in time for April! And your local farmers?  What will they do? Come on kids, pack your bags!  We're going on a Stay-cation! What do farmers do at the s...

From Walter Jones, Morris News... Quick, Williams introduce bill to unify Oconee ATLANTA -- Three Oconee County election precincts will revert to the district represented by Rep. Chuck Williams under legislation introduced Wednesday. State Republicans controlling the House of Representatives had moved the precincts in 2011 into a district represented by then-Rep. Doug McKillip who had recently switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party. The move was widely seen as an attempt to shore up McKillip's re-election chances with some Oconee GOP voters. After Rep. Regina Quick defeated McKillip in the 2012 Republic an primary, county leaders renewed their objections to Oconee being split. They feared that neither representative would be devoted to Oconee concerns. There's no guarantee the split will be restored this year, according to Quick. "I don't know if there's going to be consideration of any reapportionment requests at ...

Gov. Deal signs bill moving up Georgia primary date

Oconee County Observations: Assembly Approves, Governor Signs Bill Allowing Oc... : 90 Days Cut To 60 House Bill 310, passed by the Georgia Senate on Jan. 14 and by the Georgia House on Jan. 17 and signed into law by Gov. ...

A crowd of sixty plus people including a couple of congressional candidates, board of Commissioners and a few city council members listened to his Notre Dame graduate project.

I was unaware of the elder J. Phillip Campbell being part of the Roosevelt administration A Legacy of Research Continues at UGA's New Oconee County Farm

1-20-14 Large, Expensive Courthouse for Oconee County -Considerations

Sochi Olympics terrorism threat: Three more ’black widow’ suspects identified

Release: DPG Chairman DuBose Porter Calls on Deal and GA GOP to Honor MLK’s Legacy with More than Proposal for Monument

State lawmaker: ‘Some’ rural Georgia hospitals need to close | Political Insider blog

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Obamacare enrollment jumps in Georgia

Watkinsville Police Handle Three Traffic Accidents

Lunch menus for Oconee schools

When newspapers, TV and talk radio collide | Political Insider blog

UGA research farm in Oconee to be dedicated Tuesday

All I want for the New Year is for the Water Department to put a new lid on this hole at Barnett Shoals and Third Street in Watkinsville.