Oconee County, GA Politics

EDUCATON – REV. JODY HICE’S APPARENT POSITION IN HIS OWN WORDS: The following is taken verbatim from Rev. Jody Hice’s book “It’s Now or Never,” Chapter 8 beginning in the middle of the next to last paragraph on page 140 through 143. To me, the public school system has miserably failed, and there are at least three glaring reasons for its failure: 1) it is a monopoly that is forced upon tax-payers ; 2.) it is based on centralized decision – making from Washington D.C. (the Department of Education should be eradicated!) and 3) schools have become centers of indoctrination and social engineering through the abusive arm of political correctness. R.C. Hoiles was publisher of the Santa Ana Register, now known as the Orange County Register. In 1957 he wrote a classic work about alarming trends within public schools at that time. With almost prophetic accuracy, his words have proven frightfully precise today. He listed twenty – one ways that public schools harm children. The following...

THE RELIGIOUS LEFT – JODY HICE,  The following is taken verbatim from Dr. Jody Hice’s book “Now or Never’, Chapter 10, The Religious Left, page 161 beginning in the top paragraph. The following is taken from Jan Markell, “Why the Left is not Right, “Worldview Times, June 6, 2009, http://www.worldview weekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=5006. Hice concurs with these ideas. “Steeped in secularism, it is virtually impossible to distinguish the ideology of the religious left from the secular left. Both are extremist in their understanding of politics, economic, and their “answers’ to societal ills. To them, big government, socialized medicine and higher taxes can resolve the problems in America’s culture. As far as the ‘Christian’ tone of their message, Mark Tooley points out that it is as though they equate the welfare state with the Kingdom of God itself. The religious left interprets big government as the solution to every social problem and therefore, it must be...

ALL TAKEN VERBAIM FROM “NOW OR NEVER” BY JODY HICE CHAPTER ONE: BEWARE OF YOUR WORLDVIEW “Freedom without a Judeo-Christian framework is not freedom; it is lawless and violent. Our historical system of belief is the only soil in which freedom can exist…” (Page25) “The problem is that we are trying to exercise liberty from a secular humanist worldview, and it does not work! ‘Freedom’ within any context other than a Judeo-Christian one, only leads to corruption.” (Page 26) “Either we will keep a Judeo-Christian outlook or we will embrace an atheistic secular one.” (Page 30) “Within secular humanism, man is viewed as the ultimate and most supreme intelligence, which allows government to take on a unique role… the role of God!” (Page 31) “In secularism, God is not real and an ‘elite’ class of men becomes the final authority.” (Page 31) “A Christian worldview is not only appropriate; it is absolutely indispensable for a just and civil society.” (Page 38)   CHAPTER TWO:...

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Now that Wall Street, AIG, too big to fail banks, and the auto industry have all been bailed out, it is now our time to act. Apparently the policy makers in Washington do not know we exist, or if they do, they do not seem to care. I intend to change that. As your next Congressman, I promise that people in the 10 th District will be well represented in Washington. We have suffered severe economic loss of jobs in our District. A prime example is the closing of Georgia Power’s Plant Harley Branch as well as the closing of four hospitals in our District. The job loss in this area has had a staggering effect to the 10 th District. With your help and input, I will develop an action plan to replace every job that has been lost. I do not profess that I know all of the answers to our problems. Together, we can develop a strategy to improve our economic situation. And the first thing we must do is ask the right questions. I want to hear from you. I am not just a candi...

There’s an interesting lawsuit involving the neighboring Oconee County School System and a child who has epilepsy in that system. The school system is fighting an order that it provide an aide to an epilepsy patient who can administer a Diastat treatment should the child have a seizure while on a bus or school field trip. Oconee County school officials need to wake up and do the right thing here. Other area school system leaders need to hear this message too. I’m the parent of a son who began having seizures at age 6. I’ve given him Diastat injections hundreds and hundreds of times over the last 13 years. It’s a life-saving treatment for epilepsy patients (children and adults) who have bad seizures that could kill them. A Diastat isn’t a fancy device. It’s a rectal injection designed for layman use by parents, caregivers, school teachers and others. It doesn’t take much training — maybe 30 seconds to show someone how to use it. And it can be used anywhere. I’ve given it to my son on ai...

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My elderly pit bull/Georgia black dawg Josephine is not afraid of heavy machinery, nor is Maid Teams. However the stink of black tar used to give me my earliest recalled migraines. But I am grateful to the City of Watkinsville for paving Morgan Manor Estates subdivision this afternoon.

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Hi neighbors, I'm sorry to report that Lorena and I have to leave North High Shoals, within the next few months. I resigned from Town Council last night - earlier than I had hoped - so that the election for my replacement could be put on the November general election ballot. That saves the Town the cost of holding its own, stand-alone election. I don't think there will be any cost to North High Shoals, but if there is I will reimburse it. I think you've noticed how much we've gotten done this year. We've got a good group; Mayor Mike, and our Town Clerk Carolyn, have kept us moving forward. I credit Council Member Ann Evans for much of the progress we've made. She is diligent, energetic, caring, and reasoned in her approach to Town affairs. I knew she'd be good, but I didn't realize how good. Ann, and people like her, are the future of this Town. We made a lot of friends in North High Shoals, and we thought we would live out our years here. W...

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Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note® II -------- Original message -------- From: Jim Luke Date:08/20/2014 11:29 AM (GMT-05:00) To: danjmatt@bellsouth.net Subject: Fwd: Bogart/Oconee Co. internet service Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Josh B. Wages" <jbw@bbgbalaw.com<mailto:jbw@bbgbalaw.com>> Date: August 19, 2014 at 11:38:42 PM EDT To: Jim Luke <jluke@oconee.ga.us<mailto:jluke@oconee.ga.us>> Subject: RE: Bogart/Oconee Co. internet service Dear Mr. Luke - I've been overwhelmed with information from various sources on this subject since I initially sent this e-mail, and I am hearing that this is an issue all over the county (I've also read the recent Oconee Enterprise article discussing where this was raised at a Commission meeting).  However, I cannot find any statute or regulation like the one you mentioned that took away any of the Oconee County government's authority to address the sit...