Oconee County, GA Politics

Why do Republicans seem to think it is OK to double dip at the expense of Georgia taxpayers? From: "Bryan Long, Better Georgia" < bryan@bettergeorgia.com > Subject: Two jobs - new audio uncovered in Chip Rogers scandal. Date: May 1, 2014 at 9:55:19 AM EDT Reply-To: bryan@bettergeorgia.com   Chip Rogers worked a second   full-time   job while he collected $150,000 from Georgia Public Broadcasting and Georgia taxpayers like you. We are outraged, but we're not surprised. Gov. Deal believes this is how government should be run. In Gov. Deal's Georgia, giving away $150,000 of your tax dollars to solve his political problem is peanuts compared to ignoring a $74 million tax debt from one of his business partners. And collecting side income from a private business while serving Georgians? Gov. Deal does that, too. He's the landlord to one of the state's largest corporate tax debtors. Gov. Deal and his business partner collect $20,000 i...

From: "psommer" < psommer@bellsouth.net > Subject: historical marker dedication We have received two invitations to the dedication of a Georgia State Historical Marker at Colham Ferry Elementary on May 17 1:00pm.  We were one of the organizations that signed the paperwork to make this happen.  It would be great if a lot of you turned out to support the local folks who worked so hard to get this marker for the E. D. Stroud School here. Peggy

From: Denise Ricks Subject: Athens Area Democrast Breakfast - May 10th Date: May 2, 2014 at 4:04:49 AM EDT *** PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE HAD  TO INCREASE THE COST OF OUR BREAKFAST TO $12.00 *** ATHENS AREA DEMOCRATS BREAKFAST SPEAKER DR. CORRIE BROWN TOPIC:  THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF FOOD SATURDAY, MAY 10 th  – 9:00 a.m. BRETT'S 3190 ATLANTA HIGHWAY * ATHENS, GA (in the Ingles shopping center – near Phil Hughes Honda) RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY: MAY 9th PLEASE MAKE RESERVATIONS WITH:  Denise  Ricks (706) 247-3558   or   athensareademocrats@gmail.com BRETT'S IS NOT NORMALLY OPEN FOR BREAKFAST. They open and prepare the breakfast just for our meeting.  Therefore, we must give them a reasonably careful number to expect.  We do allow people to come just for the program.  However, this is a breakfast meeting and space is limited.  While we welcome anyone w...

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Last day to signup for coverage on the Health Insurance Marketplace. BRANT SANDERLIN /BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM  Roughly 177,000 Georgians signed up for health plans offered through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace in the final weeks of open enrollment — one of the largest such surges nationwide, new data shows. That’s more than the number of people who enrolled in marketplace coverage in the first five months of the website’s operation, according to a federal report released Thursday. Read: Georgia's Obamacare enrollment figures The Affordable Care Act in Georgia Last-minute surge on health care sign-ups ...

Karen Handel passes Jack Kingston, is now second to David Perdue in runup to GOP Senate primary, poll shows

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Earth Day ‘present’ from Nathan Deal’s administration threatens to destroy state’s fragile coastal marshes

Traffic Crash. Hog Mountain Rd at The entrance to the RaceTrac. One lane blocked. Avoid Hog ... from Oconee County Georgia Sheriff's Office : Nixle

John Barrow is grinning. As the congressman presents certificates to elementary school students who read 20 books each, and their parents snap photos, Barrow sprinkles another dollop of goodwill in the 12th Congressional District. + Charles Dharapak John Barrow U.S. Congressman, District 12 Athens Age: 58 Barrow, first elected to Congress in 2004, has been re-elected four more ... read more The Augusta Democrat’s relentless hand-to-hand politicking and centrist voting record have helped him hang on in a district that leans right and made him...

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When we asked Gov. Nathan Deal about the half-dozen or so letters he received from sheriffs warning that the sweeping new gun bill could cause them a host of new legal problems and lead to more bloodshed, the governor said, “I have not had those concerns expressed to me.” One of those sheriffs, Howard Sills of Putnam County, informed us of a rather gaping hole in Deal’s argument. He passes along a letter signed by Deal on April 16 that thanks him for his opinion and says he will “keep in mind the counsel you have offered me.” “I appreciate you making me aware of your interest in this matter, and if I can be of any further assistance to you, please feel free to contact me again,” Deal said in the letter. Sills said in an interview that he was hopeful Deal would heed the advice from sheriffs who raised alarms about the sweeping new measure. Their biggest worry involves a part of the bill that bans police from demanding to see the weapons permit of someone carrying a gun...

I have had the distinct pleasure and honor of coaching this young man on several occasions, and he is going to make the world a much better place. Keep on Hayden. The Oconee Enterprise > News > Eighth grader forms health club

SOCCER: Lady Lions headed to state

High winds bring down numerous trees in counties bordering Athens

Jason Carter: ‘This election is not going to be about guns.’ | Political Insider blog

Like the Iron Horse, UGA Is Moving the Red Barn to Oconee County

Former Oconee County standout Dylan Freeman honored by Coastal Georgia