Oconee County, GA Politics

 Two great American heroes combine to help save Democracy. -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: "Max Cleland" <max@BobbySaxon.com> To: danjmatt@bellsouth.net Subject: Help me send my friend Bobby Saxon to Congress Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:31:50 +0000 SwiftPageEmail Dear Friends,   We are in the final days of a critical battle in Georgia's 10 th Congressional district and my friend, Bobby Saxon, has a great opportunity to win this seat.  We need his bipartisan leadership in Congress and I have pledged my full support in these final days to propel Bobby to victory.  Will you help me by donating to Bobby today?   Bobby is a true patriot, a veteran, a small business owner, and a leader who I know will stand up for the people of the 10 th District. We...

Advance and Absentee voting for the City of Watkinsville will be held at Watkinsville City Hall between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday starting Tuesday, October 14, 2008 through Friday, October 31, 2008. Voting for the City of Watkinsville on Election Day (November 4, 2008) will be held at the Watkinsivlle Community Center for Watkinsville West voters and held at the Oconee County Government Annex building for Watkinsville East voters. Voting for the City Election is held separately from the County/National Election. If you have any questions regarding the City of Watkinsville election, please contact Julie Sanders @ 706-769-5161. Thank you.

 Please consider donating some Major Coin to to Major Saxon - From: "Bobby Saxon for Congress" <Media@BobbySaxon.com> To: Subject: What will you say on November 5th (the day after the election)? Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:06:30 +0000 SwiftPageEmail Three weeks from today is the DAY AFTER the election.  What will you say that morning when you read the paper or watch the news?   1.  I can't believe Bobby came that close.  If only I had done more.   2.  Wow, Bobby put up a great fight.  He could have won if I had helped (more).   3.  On no, we're stuck with Mr. Broun for another two years.   Do you want more of the same partisan extremist agenda?  Do you want Veterans, Teachers, Children, Farmers and the Elderly to continue to be neglec...

Bobby Saxon calls on Congressman to refund taxpayer money ATHENS, GA – Bobby Saxon, Democratic nominee for the Georgia 10th Congressional District, calls on Congressman Paul Broun, Jr. to refund taxpayer money he wastefully spent on self promoting mailers. "I am shocked and dismayed with today’s news that Congressman Broun would be so careless with taxpayer money. He has regularly voted against the interests of hardworking Georgia families; voting against critical programs for needy children, benefits for veterans, and against stronger law enforcement for child pornography, all the while spending our tax dollars promoting his name,” Saxon said. “Today I call on Paul Broun, Jr. to refund the $562,000 of hard earned taxpayer money that he spent on shameless self promotion. Congressman Broun's hypocritical position on government spending illustrates the need for true positive change in the 10th District. If elected, unlike Congressman Broun, I will provide the responsible leader...

Dr. Paul Broun, Jr. wastes his office budget in record time on franking privileges and assorted ephemera. Here is the AJC's take on his fiscal irresponsibility. Really one can only expect more ridiculous behavior coming out about Broun given his track record of not being allowed to practice medicine in a hospital, flip-flopping on the issues that matter most, and all that other muckety-muck dredged up by Barry Fleming during the Primary .

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAMES P. MASON TO ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY FOR GEORGIA’S 10th DISTRICT Jefferson, GA (April 25, 2008) – James P. Mason, a former Marine from Jackson County, Georgia will be hosting members of the media along with the general public at an official campaign press conference on Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 4:30PM EST. Mr. Mason will be announcing his independent candidacy for Representative from the 10th Congressional District of Georgia. The conference will take place in the Auditorium of Athens-Clarke County Library, located at 2025 Baxter Street, Athens, Georgia, 30606. Coffee, water and light refreshments will be provided for all attendees. Transcript, audio and video footage of the conference will be made available by 12:00PM EST, on Saturday, May 11, 2008. Attendees are encouraged to record the event and will be accommodated in whatever manner possible. Further information regarding James P. Mason and his congressional campaign will be released both prior to and at this ...

Tire store marketing employee James P. Mason of Jefferson intends to enter his name on the ballot of the 10th district U.S. Congressional election here in Athens (and Augusta and north to the border), and I think his long shot independent candidacy will have equal effect on the Republican or Democratic candidates. I salute the former Marine who served his country in Afghanistan who has taken on the established parties. We shall see how effectively young Mr. Mason markets himself in the rather disjointed district stretching from the Central Savannah River Area to the Mountains of North Carolina with a dip in Watkinsville and Washington-Wilkes. Only one thing is for certain, Nicholson resident Bobby Saxon should have talked to his fellow Jackson County veteran in Mason and figured out why (or at least what is prompting him) he is going to run. Conventional political wisdom would prescribe that the Mason wild card will siphon off some votes from both sides of the aisle, but probably hur...

I vomited in my own mouth when I heard NewsTalk 1340 WGAU AM's Tim Bryant being manipulated by State Senator and Congressional wannabe Barry Fleming today on his Fleming's many arrows and barbs, but it set the tone for the nasty words rising faster than the gas prices. Fleming did blast Broun about not wanting to save the Ag Research Center in Athens. Nice try Barry. The J. Phil Campbell Jr center is only in Watkinsville, not Athens, and if you think there is a big stink between folks from Augusta and Athens in the Whitehead meltdown last year, wait to you hear some folks from Oconee and Clarke going at it. Broun won't go to bat to try and get some congressional pork to save the agriculture facility. That pretty much decides it that I cannot vote for Broun ever again. If you are going to play on the team, you need to know the rules The gist of Fleming's phlegm this time was that Broun wants to do bong hits with your kids and sell porn pictures of them as well. Of cour...

Anyone else note a hint of irony in making people who chose to come to the caucus to display a picture ID after we fought so hard against Republican lawmakers enforcing photo ID to vote? I understand why we had to do it. Georgia State chair Jane Kidd and Terry Holley did a fine job in a tough thankless position. I saw a few Oconee Democrats, including Herb and Myrna West and Pat Priest. Mike Hamby collected ballots. Obama supporters met in the lunch room; Clinton supporters including Becky Vaughn voted in the auditorium. The credentials line took forever to certify all the caucus attendees. I did not have my voter registration card and was not given the yellow credentials card either, but Terry Holley hooked me up and I voted before the speeches were commenced. Gwen O'Looney actively campaigned to the point of bringing some of her tenants to the caucus, and it paid off as she won along with Athens attorney and forthcoming local Sports Hall of Fame inductee Ken Dious. Dr. David Jarr...

 If you are not there by 10:59 am, you are out of luck -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: communications@clarkedemocrats.com To: "CCDC Committee and Advisory Group" <ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com> Cc: "Friends" <ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com> Subject: Caucus hours Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:14:01 +0000 Tomorrow's 10th Congressional District's Democratic Caucus hours are: Doors open at 10:00 AM Caucus begins at 11:00 AM Once the Caucus begins people may not enter. The 10th caucus is set for Clarke Central High School's Mell Auditorium and the Cafeteria. You can reach these rooms by entering through the double glass doors to the right of the front (if facing the front) of the building. There is plenty of parking all around the school. I hope this clarifies things... we had received different information earlier. jpo Jenny Penney Oliver Chair Elect Clarke County Democratic Committee

Go to Clarke Central Saturday morning, prove you are a Democrat living in the 10th District, and vote for one of these people depending on who you support: Hillary delegate candidates: Congressional District 10 Female (1) Christine Horan Patty Ann Payne Caroline Hill Howard Jonni Marie Shook Mary Joyce Edsel Male (1) Franklin Delano Williams Lowell Greenbaum Obama delegate candidates: Congressional District 10 Female (1) Gwen O'Looney Nicole Terry Karen Solheim Debra Spencer Rosa Clemons Elaine Roddy Janice Mathis Diedre Hicks Marion Denise Freeman Male (1) Edward Tarver Ivory Dious David Jarrett William Gilyard III Leonard O. Parker, Jr. Alexander Johnson Chad Brock

Add Nancy Schaefer's name to the list of candidates for the U.S. Congressional seat currently held by Athens' and Oconee's own Dr. Paul Broun, Jr. Barry Fleming of Augusta is generally considered the establishment Republican favorite and Schaefer a right-wing nut job making Broun's eccentricities seem main stream. She is a Baptist reactionary out of Toccoa, oops Turnerville. She is an utter buffoon with fringe views on a variety of topics ranging from the North American Union (huh? - oh yes, yet another right wing fantasy) to Women's Reproductive freedom and other issues making her election an absolute uncertainty. However, her candidacy does doom Broun's chance at getting renominated, at least that would be the general political common sense at this point. Perhaps Bobby Saxon can start raising some real money now ?

Saw Oconee County Board of Commissioners member Don Norris at the downtown Athens post office this morning and he sounded initially just as confused as I was about which of the four seats on the Oconee County Board of Commissioners will be up for election in 2008. After a couple of early morning mistakes, he thought that Post 2 and 3 will be up for election in November of 2008 (and in June if we need a primary, a much more likely scenario on the Republican side than the Democratic side in heavily G.O.P. Oconee County). That would be for the Bogart's Norris and Farmington's Margaret Hale currently occupied slots in the election. No word from him or Margaret if they are going to seek re-election or not. Norris did seem somewhat puzzled when I told him Jay Hanley had formed an exploratory committee. "For what?," he puzzled before engaging someone else in line. Turns out according to the Oconee County Board of Elections that all four seats are up for election, so this i...

The political adolescence of Jay Hanley continues online at Facebook at the very least. 14 friends have joined the son of former Watkinsville City Council member John Hanley in his group. According to his Facebook group " Yes, the group name speaks for itself. In response to requests from friends, I am exploring or thinking about a run for an Oconee County Commission post in 2008. I understand there may be one or more open seats on the Commission in 2008 and I would only run for an open seat. I'm not interested in running against an incumbent. I did that once when I ran for Watkinsville City Council. It's very difficult. Plus, I like and respect the current board members ." We post this only as a well placed warning shot across the bow to all the other folks who might consider running for the Board of Commissioners, and I would certainly support a few more taxpaying and homeowning candidates for the Oconee County Commission. I wonder which seat Jay thinks will be ope...