Oconee County, GA Politics

Subject: Statement: GA Senate Dems Respond to SCOTUS Action on Gay Marriage RELEASE June 26, 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Flowers Senate Democratic Caucus 404-291-4755 flowersliz123@gmail.com GA Senate Dems: Lift of Gay Marriage Ban  Landmark for Human Rights Atlanta, Georgia - June 26, 2015 -  Georgia's Senate Democratic Caucus through Leader Steve Henson, D-Tucker, issued the following statement in response to the US Supreme Court's ruling today on Obergefell v Hodges: "The high court's decision today in Obergefell v Hodges is a landmark for civil and human rights. For far too long same-sex couples were denied a basic liberty afforded to some, but not all. For too long, same-sex couples were living as a second-class citizens with separate and unequal right...

From: Liz Flowers Date:06/25/2015 11:51 AM (GMT-05:00) To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: Statement: GA Senate Dems Respond to SCOTUS Action on ACA. RELEASE June 25, 2015 For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Flowers Senate Democratic Caucus 404-291-4755 flowersliz123@gmail.com GA Senate Dems: Affordable Care Act is Now Settled Law Atlanta, Georgia - June 25, 2015 -  Georgia Senate Democrats issued the following statement after today's US Supreme Court ruling on King v Burwell: "Today's US Supreme Court ruling regarding the federal subsidies of the Affordable Care Act is now settled law. "More than 400,000 Georgians will retain their health care coverage. Our attention now must turn to more than 600,000 Georgians who are not covered under a health care policy by expanding ...

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Watkinsville commits to more public art in city - Oconee Enterprise: News

John Lewis: Take down Georgia’s U.S. Capitol statue of Confederate V.P. | Political Insider blog

Slavery’s Long Shadow

Oconee County vying for $100,000 prize to improve dog park

People still leaving dogs in cars during Athens' heat wave; two cited in Oconee

Nathan Deal backtracks on Georgia’s Confederate license plates, now wants a redesign | Political Insider blog

Report: Many Mississippi politicians tied to group that radicalized Dylann Roof

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Georgia on Hillary Clinton’s general election radar

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Tourism Director Says New $5 Hotel F... : Wrote To Legislators And Governor Sen. Bill Cowsert told a small group of Oconee County Republicans last month that he was glad county Tou...

The Watkinsville City Council is nothing if not ambitious in their plans for the future of Watkinsville with wooded parks and comfort stations and now new art work and maybe even an electronic automobile charging station springing up everywhere. Not everything everyone wants is going to be included in the future plans and the budget passed this evening for 2016 and beyond, but they seem always willing to listen to just about idea and discuss its merits or concerns. One such curveball was thrown by your author asking for recycling bins to be included next to all city trash cans, and Mayor Charles Ivie knocked it out of the park with a resounding endorsement even without a vote. Cindy Farley of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation showed up and spoke almost as much a Greek goddess statue, and at the end of the evening the city has committed $10,000.00 in tax payer money toward building bases in 15 locations around Watkinsville with the idea of installing some sort of sculp...

ABH Baseball Co-Players of the Year - Brooks Crawford and Micah Carpenter

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Why the Confederate flag at South Carolina’s capitol didn’t dip for the Charleston dead | Political Insider blog

He is just about to call into Fox Radio 1340 WGAU AM to talk to Tim Bryant Athens Congressman Jody Hice: There's No Such Thing as Separation of Church and State