Oconee County, GA Politics

Take a look: Former UGA coach Mark Richt puts Athens home on market : Former UGA coach Mark Richt has put his house up for sale in the Athens, Ga., area. Richt, who was fired as coach of the Bulldogs after 15 seasons, lived large in Watkinsville, Ga. He has a 5,779-square foot mansion, featuring five bedrooms on four acres of land. There’s also a game room. How much? …

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Oconee investigators have truck used in theft of ATM at Farmington store

Defiant Georgia Dad Posts Livestream of His Marijuana Grow

The KKK ‘not so much a racist thing’, and other harmful myths | Jay Bookman

Deal reached in craft beer, distillery fight

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Commissioners To Consider Decreasing... : Expand Capacity Overall Oconee County Utility Department Director Wayne Haynie will ask the Board of Commissioners tomorrow night to chang...

The backlash from David Perdue’s decision to scuttle the Dax Lopez nomination | Political Insider blog

Nydia Tisdale Indicted for Trying to Record a GOP Political Event. Just Another Example of How the GOP Attempts to Control Information! - Georgia 6th District Learning Community

Georgia Republicans show signs of friction six years into Nathan Deal’s tenure | Political Insider blog

GOP state senator: ‘I believe we will expand Medicaid’ | Political Insider blog

with chair Margaret Holt

Karen Solheim is a former OCHS teacher who lives in Clarke County now but she remains an inspiration to me. Well done Karen. Education groups lining up to fight Georgia governor's plan for failing schools

I also read yesterday that the Georgia Judicial Qualification is accepting nominations for the Western Judicial Circuit (which is Clarke and Oconee counties); January 20, 2016 TO:      ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAR             AND ALL CITIZENS OF WESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT This is to provide notice to members of the Bar and the public that the Judicial Nominating Commission for the State of Georgia, created by an Executive Order of Governor Nathan Deal, is now engaged in the process of receiving names of persons to fill a vacancy on the Western Judicial Circuit created by HB 279 during the 2015 Georgia General Assembly. You are invited to submit nominations for this vacancy.  Members of the bar may submit their own name or the names of others.  The public is also invited to submit nominations.  Such names should be sent to the Commission by February 8, 2016. (By letter addresse...

I get gas at the store all the time, and I know all the clerks by face at the very least. I cannot imagine any convenience store NOT packing heat in this day and age. Next time I see this gentleman I intend to say well done. I am all for stopping crime without a shot fired or even a round chambered but am very very glad to read this account of a foiled robbery attempt. Athens convenience store clerk pulls gun on would-be robber

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Issued Building Permits For Two More... : Core And Outlot Oconee County has issued building permits for two new restaurants in Epps Bridge Centre, one for Bone Island Grillhouse an...

Man asleep at wheel of running car in west Athens arrested for DUI

Oconee County Observations: Tour Of Oconee County’s Water Reclamation Facility... : Money Invested The Oconee County Utility Department threw open the gates to its Calls Creek Water Reclamation Facility late last year to a...

Oconee County investigators still trying to ID suspects in truck and mower thefts