Oconee County, GA Politics

Subject: 2 Fun Film Events in Athens and Watkinsville! PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL OF YOUR EMAIL LISTS... 0ver the next couple weeks y'all have 2 great opportunities to do 2 great things in two great counties. Coming To A Theater Near You, FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES: First, the amazing fun and entertaining, locally 'grown', Athens/Oconee born and bread documentary film "The World's Smallest Airport" will be shown. Second is the great opportunity: All proceeds of the film benefit the beyond amazing PROJECT SAFE. See attached. First, the film: written, produced, directed by Oconee's own Grady Thrasher (yes, the same wildly successful writer of the Tim and Sally children's book series) and Matt DeGennaro. Without giving away too much, the Smallest Airport was in Elberton, Athens and everywhere in between. You see, the airport was the top of Grady's family car. His father, a pilot returning after WWII, created a flying circus w

Would you like to see President Obama & Tyler Perry in ATL March 16?

March 01, 2012

Subject: CCDC Fwd: Obama & Tyler Perry in ATL March 16! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Patsy Harris patsydudney@yahoo.com Date: Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:26 PM Subject: Obama & Tyler Perry in ATL March 16! Friends and family, If you have been patiently waiting for a chance to see President Barack Obama in person, here is the perfect opportunity! On Friday, March 16, 2012, at 5:00 pm , the Obama for America ("OFA") campaign and the African-American Leadership Council ("AALC") cordially invite you to join the President for the 1st-Ever, AALC Gala at Tyler Perry Studios in Southwest Atlanta. The President will be joined by Tyler Perry , the renowned American writer, actor, and producer extraordinaire , along with a host of other dignitaries, for a night you won't soon forget. The President's visit is being coordinated by OFA's AALC; however, the events that have been

City of Watkinsville would do better to show stronger leadership on 4th of July parade debacle

March 01, 2012

For those of you who have yet to digest the front page story of today's Oconee Enterprise newspaper, suffice to say I was shocked to read the City of Watkinsville will not take part in a 4th of July parade down Main Street as it is currently configured. Whether this will result in the municipality's complete lack of participation in the official holiday is anyone's guess at this point. I will always defer to Chief Lee O'Dillon when it comes to matters of public safety, but now it has entered into the realm of public consumption and participation (otherwise known as politics), I would be taking a much different tact and direction to that of the current Mayor if the voters of this municipality had decided to hire me instead of my opponent. The patriotic parade is now looking at marching around Veterans Park in a somewhat antiseptic plan lacking shade and sidewalks. I love the Oconee County Parks and Recretation Department, but I do not think this is the best place to