Oconee County, GA Politics

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Church’s old home attracts attention, but no investors - Oconee Enterprise: News

ACTS operating at bare bones - Oconee Enterprise: News

Front closed; life goes on - Oconee Enterprise: News

Former commissioner speaks against Mars Hill Road change - Oconee Enterprise: News

Bishop church renovates old school house - Oconee Enterprise: News

Subject: [oconee] Exploring "The Jungle"   Next up for the community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats is Upton Sinclair's classic "The Jungle," a book on most best-of lists pertaining to 20th-century fiction. We'll meet Wednesday, September 30th, upstairs at Chops and Hops in Watkinsville, with the discussion beginning at 7. (Join us around 6:30, though, to order dinner and get to know others in our area who are interested in politics, history and literature.) This  excellent article from The Guardian about the book's legacy is very interesting: http://gu.com/p/xf3tm/sbl Here's an excerpt: Before the year was out the Meat Inspection Act was passed, authorising the secretary of agriculture to inspect meat and condemn any found unfit for human consumption. On the same day, the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed, which prohibited the manufacture, sale or transport of adulterated food products or poisonou

How one couple is able to live their life off the grid

Experts to talk on terrorism-social media link at UGA

Pottery festival brings artists from around the state to Watkinsville

Watkinsville church set to begin vetting offers for 1800s house

Diggin' Up Bones - Georgia Trend

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Begin forwarded message: From: "Bryan Long, Better Georgia" < bryan@bettergeorgia.com > Subject: Thanks, McKoon. You've been a big help. Date: August 31, 2015 at 7:46:17 AM EDT To: "Dan Matthews" < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Reply-To: bryan@bettergeorgia.com   State Sen. Josh McKoon hasn't changed any of his harsh views on gays and lesbians but he has dramatically changed his rhetoric. And for that, we can only say "Thank You!!" He's changed so much, in fact, that he is now known nationally as   the Republican   who lifted the curtain on the true purpose of "religious freedom" bills. Slate Magazine:   The Georgia GOP Is in a Civil War Over Anti-Gay "Religious Liberty" Bill Like most conservatives, McKoon   initially peddled the laughable line that his bill wasn't intended to undercut LGBT rights . But when a moderate Republican called his bluff, proposing a simple amendment to clarify that the bill did not lega

Oconee County Observations: Public Hearings Set On Tax Increases For Oconee Co... : Required By Law Oconee County citizens will have a series of opportunities this week to express their views on what amounts to tax increas...

Watkinsville church moving closer to decision on fate of 1800s home on its property