Oconee County, GA Politics

Went to the Country Inn and Suites this evening at the behest of the Athens GOP forum for the House 113th Special Election, and it was quite the event. Maybe two dozen people were there.  At least one candidate in Alan Alexander did not attend but he did send his surrogate, who left quickly. There was an audience member named Brandon who kept asking me afterward about why I was a Democrat since a significant amount of time I spent spouting out what we both considered to be small l libertarian views on certain issues. We talked about immigration, taxes, small business, and some obvious softball questions of which Presidential candidate we voted for and party we caucused with. I was made to feel quite welcome and discussed reasons why the elderly will be hurt most by the (un)fair tax or a consumption tax. I would wager the person asking the questions wanted Chuck Williams to answer his questions first because he did at six out of the eight first questions. I enjoyed engaging Mr. J...

Mr. Alexander is an attorney from the Athens area well known to many folks. He is running against Chuck Williams for the 113th district in the special election for the State Legislature slot left open recently by Hank Huckaby's acceptance of the State Chancellor position with the Board of Regents. The radio show is on 9:06 am to 9:58 on AM 1340 WGAU on your dial or can be streamed live on the computer as well. Mr. Alexander did not make the final cut on the Oconee County Board of Education applicants for the Tom Breedlove resignation, and ran against Bob Argo for the Statehouse back in the day of 1981? The special come-one-come-all election in June 21, and the qualifying is next week.

Mr. Alexander also applied to be appointed to the Oconee County Board of Education recently as well The Oconee Enterprise > Latest Updates > Oconee County attorney enters race

The list doubled since I had to file an open records request to get the list the other day. My rankings of the likelihood of being appointed based on little more than practical educational experience. 1. Franklin Shumake - nobody comes close to the amount of time he has spend working on the education of Oconee County children. Here is Legislative proclamation proof from a couple years back as if you needed this: 07 LC 28 3128 House Resolution 73 By: Representatives Smith of the 113 th and Coleman of the 97 th A RESOLUTION Commending Dr. Franklin Shumake; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, Dr. Franklin Shumake has been recognized by the citizens of this state for the vital role that he has played in leadership and his deep personal commitment to the education and welfare of the citizens of Georgia; and WHEREAS, he has diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of his time, talents, and energy toward the betterment of his community and state as evidenced ...