Oconee County, GA Politics

His name is Brian Russell Brown, and he is from Augusta, and he has qualified as a write in candidate before for other offices. He writes letters to the editor at the Augusta newspaper, and very little is known about him beyond that. Here is a link to the certified write in candidates in Georgia http://www.sos.ga.gov/Elections/2012CertifiedWriteIn.pdf Heard from him yesterday and he needs office supplies and wants to balance the budget.

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:13:41 -0400 To: danmatt@hotmail.com From: info@barackobama.com Subject: Come help us win North Carolina Dan -- We know voters here in North Carolina are going to have a huge role in deciding the presidential election in a few weeks. Romney and his allies know this, too -- and that's why they're already spending millions of dollars attacking President Obama over the airwaves in North Carolina. It's on us to step up to defend the President's record -- and make sure that voters aren't misled by the negativity and distortions that the other side is churning out. That's why North Carolina is the place to be right now. Georgia student groups are organizing road trips to help with early voting and get-out-the-vote events in the final weeks leading up to Election Day. Can you join an upcoming trip? After you say you're in, a local organizer will get in touch

From: Patsy Harris patsydudney@yahoo.com To: Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:10 AM Subject: Obama Signs available in Athens! Hi Everyone! Seems like Democrats are coming out of the woodwork for Obama signs these days. Yay! And the Athens Democratic Committee is answering the call. Calll their headquarters and reserve a batch. If you cannot pick them up, they can consider delivery if you help with the gas cost of the deliverer. $3.50 each. Phone: 706 546-7075  Website "Don't tell me what you believe in. Tell me what you have done, and I will tell you what you believe in."   (Mother of Congressman John Boccieri, D-OH) Morgan County, GA, History and Genealogy Books by Bonnie P. (Patsy) Harris

From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com To: Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 10:02 AM Subject: Fw: this week's market is all day Market Manager oconeefm@yahoo.com www.oconeefarmersmarket.org  (currently being updated)  --- On Fri, 10/19/12, Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com wrote: From: Oconee Farmers Market oconeefm@yahoo.com Subject: this week's market is all day To: "Oconee Farmers Market" oconeefm@yahoo.com Date: Friday, October 19, 2012, 9:40 AM Fall Greetings All- Please join us this Saturday for another great day at the Oconee Farmers Market in Historic Downtown Watkinsville. This Saturday is the 39th Annual Oconee Chamber Fall Festival and OFM will have vendors and music all day. This week our vendors will have Organic Silver Queen Corn, peppers, beets, turnips, icicle radishes, mixed greens, arugula, tomatoes, okra, peas, eggplant, kale, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, onions, fresh, dried and dehydr

Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Subject: FW: McGill Lecture hosted by Grady College Features Politifact Editor Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:21:02 -0400 From: BBrodrick@jacksonspalding.com To: BBrodrick@jacksonspalding.com Passing on to my friends who enjoy politics.  This should be very interesting especially with all the "fact checking" going on in debates, etc.  Event is one week from today at 4 p.m.  Please share with others who might be interested. Brian From: Athens Area Chamber of Commerce [mailto:info@athensga.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:04 PM To: Brian Brodrick Subject: McGill Lecture hosted by Grady College McGill Lecture hosted by UGA's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication   Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:00 p.m. Miller Learning Center-Room 150 This event is free and open to the public. Click HERE  for more information. Follow the Chamber on Facebook to

There will be a lot going on near the Oconee County Courthouse Saturday morning, including the Farmers Market. Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:46:28 -0400 Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek: This Week's Harvest From: pastures1051@gmail.com To: Hello to all from The Pastures of Rose Creek! Fall is here (yay - my favorite season) and so too is the Fall Festival happening this Saturday downtown Watkinsville.  And according to the weather channel Saturday promises to be one of those perfect fall days...crisp, blue skies - not too cool, not too hot - delicious breeze that carries that oh, so nostalgic smell that is undeniably fall - what better way to spend a lovely fall Saturday?  So, no excuses - we hope to see you there. Read on to discover all that will grace our table this Saturday at the Fall Festival. And now news from the farm.... VEGGIE OF THE WEEK: Turn Down the Heat with Icicle Radishes What looks l

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Here is a real opportunity to campaign in a swing state this weekend with minimal costs and maximum efforts (and results): From: Patsy Harris patsydudney@yahoo.com Date: October 16, 2012 7:21:06 PM EDT To: undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: Want to Canvass for Obama in North Carolina this weekend? Reply-To: Patsy Harris < patsydudney@yahoo.com > Hi Everyone! We have another chance to raise a ruckus in Charlotte! I just got a call from J.J. Edwards of the Obama Campaign. He is organizing a group of Georgia Dems to travel this weekend to Charlotte. It is an over-nighter, with rooms provided. We pay for our main food and help with gas. Looks like we will be gathering in Athens at the Clarke Co. Headquarters at 7AM this Saturday, travel the 200 miles in one of our cars, and arrive at Charlotte where we will be given our instructions. We will canvass the rest of the daylight hours in certain areas, and then drive home the next morning - gone about 3

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Oconee County Georgia Democratic Committee Meeting 7:00 pm Thursday, October 18, 2012 1291 Greensboro Highway, Watkinsville (706) 372-1062 (chair Dan Matthews’s cell) Oconee County Government Annex USDA conference room I.                      Call to order and welcome – check for quorum II.                    Agenda correction and approvals, if any III.                  Sarajane Love – road clean up report. Three people showed up Carolyn, Dan, Sarajane. Is this something we should continue if we only have 3 people showing up. Young Dems? IV.                  Rita Bennett Fall Festival yard sale – are we involved at all? – donate/visit? Who is part of this? Diana Jeffreys? Who is the beneficiary this year? Should we be involved? Does Rita need/want our help? Some people will assume our involvement regardless of whether we actually are. Does Rita want to be part of our committee any longer? V.                    Ann Stoneburner – ALCES fundraiser at Ashfor

There is a gathering for Spencer Wednesday in Athens. Rally to Elect Spencer Frye Help us elect Spencer Frye to represent us in the Georgia House! On Wednesday, October 17th from 5:30-7:30pm, come and talk with your friends and neighbors about how we can help in these final days of the campaign. The event will be hosted at the Clarke County Democratic Committee headquarters and will include light refreshments. Hosts Jared Bailey, Kelly Girtz, Alice Kinman, Kathy Hoard, Andy Herod, Jerry NeSmith, Mike Hamby, Doug Lowry, Bill Overend, Jane Kidd, Frank Sinkwich, Shaye Gambrell, Sue Custance, Julieand Ira Roth, Joe Wisenbaker, Jenny Penny Oliver, Karen Solheim, Julie Darnell and Randy Ramsey, and Allison Wright. Wednesday, October 17th. 5:30pm-7:30pm 160 Tracy Street Frye, Kessler sound off - and alike - at debate

There were nearly 200 advance voters that came into the tiny Oconee County Board of Registration and Elections building immediately south of the Oconee County Courthouse in Watkinsville by 1:30 pm yesterday. I would well imagine that all of them were writing in "Charles Darwin" against Paul Broun for Congress like I did, but I would be wrong in that assumption. I would also like to think they were all voting for Barack Obama for President, but considering almost every one of my Morgan Manor Estates neighbors save the Gwinns, Knights and a few others have Willard "Mitt" Romney signs in their yards, I would think that would be a mistake as well. If you would like an "Obama Y'all" campaign sign for your yard, you have a very small window to which you can get one - and I would suggest you do so right now - at either 706-769-1131 or 706-372-1062 and we are asking a $5.00 donation per sign. Obvious preference for Oconee County, Georgia residents at this

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13 year old Athens Academy phenom Lowell Matthews checks out the very few scuff marks on the new solid plexiglass backboards of the outdoors Sprite Spark Park funded basketball courts at Herman C. Michael Park in Oconee County, Georgia (Photograph by Daniel J. Matthews - fully licensed and copyrighted photograph may not reproduced without permission or at least proper accreditation and some advanced mutually agreed to compensation). The new outdoor basketball courts at Herman C. Michael Park are ready for some serious sweaty competition whether between father and son or four buddies not wanting to wait for the indoor courts to come open. I like the padded goal stand and even tugged a few of the velcro straps together, and the stone benches add a nice touch. The plexiglass backboards do not wobble in the least, nor do they have that patented "THONG" sound that so many of us used to playing on school yard courts recall from launching bricks landing on the standard metal p

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Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:20:43 -0400 From: flowersliz123@gmail.com To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: Release - Senate Dems Decry Deals Pressure Tactics - Lottery MEDIA ADVISORY October 12, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Flowers 404-291-4755 flowersliz123@gmail.com Senate Dems Decry Deal's Pressure Tactics and Insider Maneuvering Henson says, no more cronyism and sweetheart deals     Atlanta, Ga. - October 12, 2012 - Senate Democrats are calling on Governor Deal to stop the stacking government agencies with campaign donors and allies. "The public wants open, fair and transparent government practices, not cronyism and insider sweetheart deals," said Senate Democratic Majority Leader Steve Henson. "In order to run any agency the right person should have the appropriate skills, qualific

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