Oconee County, GA Politics

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Commission Votes To End Contract Wit... : ***New Options Being Explored*** Oconee County commissioners, after a 40-minute executive session on Tuesday, terminated the county’s cont...

Oconee County Observations: Georgia Office Of Inspector General Said Pirkle, B... : ***Confirms Boswell Met With Pirkle*** The state Office of Inspector General has concluded that Georgia Department of Transportation Chief...

Oconee County Observations: Drop Box Played Prominent Role In Oconee County Ab... : ***Removal Of Outside Drop Box Likely To Have Impact*** More than half of the absentee ballots received in Oconee County in the Nov. 3, 20...

Oconee County Observations: State Judicial Committee Recommends Against Oconee... : ***Separate District For Oconee Fully Rejected*** The Judicial Workload Assessment Committee of the Judicial Council of Georgia voted on F...

From: Oconee County Dems <ocgadems+friends@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 6:09 PM To: danmatt@hotmail.com <danmatt@hotmail.com> Subject: Welcome Back Party next Tuesday!   Be sure to RSVP by Saturday! Read on for more details. Join us next Tuesday, July 13, for the Oconee County Democratic Committee's Welcome Back Party! RSVP by Saturday!! We've missed you, and we can't wait to see you! Please join us TUESDAY, JULY 13 for a welcome back party at Fully Loaded Pizza. RSVP by July 10! ...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee Director Of Elections And Registration Expl... : ***Use Of Absentee Ballot Drop Box Greatly Restricted*** The large drop box installed in front of the Oconee County Elections and Registra...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Commission Chair Focuses On Millage ... : ***Judicial District Split Raised By Citizen*** Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell used the summer Town Hall Meeting ...

 Chuck Garrett defeated Carolyn Maultsby 298-92 in the only remaining contested nonpartisan election in a Special Election to fill the vacancy from Brian Brodrick officially taking over Mayor for the City of Watkinsville. Brodrick had initial opposition from attorney Peter Steckel, who withdrew when he decided to move outside the city limits. Brodrick had been on the council for 14 years.

Oconee County Observations: Watkinsville Early Voting Slowing In Final Days Be... : ***Only Two Absentee Ballots Returned Early voting slowed to a trickle on Monday, with only 11 persons casting a ballot in the Watkinsvill...

Oconee County Observations: Watkinsville Candidate Forum Set For Monday Even W... : ***Republicans, Bethel Baptist Church Join As Sponsors*** Watkinsville’s nonpartisan special election on June 15 had taken on the characte...

Oconee County Observations: Shopping Center Proposed At Oconee Connector And M... : ***Only Epps Bridge Centre I And II Are Larger*** If the Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night were to approve the request...

Oconee County Observations: Boswell And Transportation Board Chair Involved In... : ***Engineer Advice Unambiguous*** Jamie Boswell received a copy of the letter sent Maxie Price by a senior Georgia Department of Transport...

Oconee County Observations: Video, Web Site, Facebook Page Emerge To Support S... : ***Responsible Parties Not Identified*** An Athens sales and marketing firm has registered a web site to promote the rezoning of 47 acres ...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Planning Commission Votes Again Agai... : ***Unanimous Vote Becomes 6 To 3 Vote*** The Oconee County Planning Commission voted a second time on Monday night to recommend that the B...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Voters Likely To Be Asked To Vote On... : ***Announcement Made At State Of County Address*** Oconee County voters are likely to be asked to approve a new 1 percent sales tax later ...

Oconee County Observations: Bill Approved By General Assembly To Prevent Defun... : ***Only Watkinsville Falls Under Restrictions Set In Place*** Oconee County Rep. Houston Gaines promoted his House Bill 286 as a way to ke...

Oconee County Observations: Date For Watkinsville Called Election Following Re... : ***County Waiting On Decisions To Be Made On Thursday*** The Oconee County Board of Elections and Registration on Monday postponed any dec...

Begin forwarded message: From: Lee Becker < lbbecker48@gmail.com > Subject: Small Number Of Voters To Determine Future Of Education Sales Tax Date: March 13, 2021 at 3:00:03 AM EST To: < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Reply-To: < lbbecker48@gmail.com > View this email in your browser Oconee County Observations Dear Friends, Only 1,282 voters cast a ballot in early voting, which ended Friday, or returned an absentee ballot, making it almost certain that a very small percentage of Oconee County's 31,965 registered voters is going to decide the fate of a major educational tax referendum. Oconee County Schools is asking citizens to approve a new Education Local Option Sales Tax–effectively continuing the one in place–and authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for up to $42,950,000 to finance construction of a list of new capital projects. Included is a third middle school at the site of the existing Dove Creek Elementary School in the far northwest of the county, ad...

Oconee County Observations: Letter From University of Georgia Legal Clinic Cal... : ***Asks For Voluntary Change Of Policy And Procedures*** Representatives of the First Amendment Clinic in the School of Law at the Univers...

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Library Board Votes Overwhelmingly T... : ***Discussion Focused On Community Comments *** The Oconee County Library Board of Trustees voted 9 to 2 On Monday to move the Oconee Count...