Oconee County, GA Politics

From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> To: Carl <CarlMcGrath@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 3:41:49 PM Subject: TO: All who participated in any way with our Oconee Team during Pres. Obama's campaign   This is to let you know that I have accepted an invitation from OFA (Organizing for America) to participate in a phone conference call this coming week (Mar 12). The purpose of the conference is:   "...to give you an update on Organizing for America's next strategic steps.  We're about to embark on some exciting new initiatives, but we need to start organizing and building support now in order to make them a success. Your involvement, as always, will be crucial." Jeremy Bird, Deputy Director, OFA Following the conference, I will prepare a summary and email it to you.  If you wish to be removed from future mailings on OFA, please reply to this message with "Remove me" in the Subject line.   Yes We Can Re-build Ame...

Oconee County resident Carl McGrath (kneeling) organized a clean up of an eye sore area in Greensboro, in Greene County, as a direct result of canvassing the neighborhood during the campaign for President Barack Obama. I wish I had participated and brought my son, but we are both a bit under the weather right now. Dan --- On Mon, 1/19/09, Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> Subject: MLK Day of Service Report to USAService.org To Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 11:33 PM All, Here's the report I sent to USAService.org regarding the service we performed today in the Maple Circle neighborhood of Greensboro. Also, check-out the attached photo, which I included in my report:   Tell us your event story: We removed debris that had been dumped over the...

Once again with the Oconee celebration first Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: carlmcgrath@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:14:39 -0800 Subject: Re: [oconee] FW: Inauguration Celebration Yes, Tony! Here's an option. Follow the link to RSVP: http://my.barackoba ma.com/page/ event/detail/ gpt88s All are welcome to stop by or stay & watch the entire time.  Hope you can make it! Carl ********* Carl McGrath 1031 Simonton Drive Watkinsville, GA 30677-2579 (706) 769-3400 --- On Tue, 1/13/09, Tony Glenn <southoconee@ yahoo.com> wrote: From: Tony Glenn <southoconee@ yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [oconee] FW: Inauguration Celebration To: oconee@yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:29 PM Does anyone know of a local place where people can gather to watch the inauguration? Tony From: Herb West <herbwest@bellsouth. net> To: "Athens_UU@yahoogro ups. com" <A...

Subject: You're Invited! Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:30:23 -0500 From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> To: danjmatt@bellsouth.net Carl McGrath has sent you an invitation to 'Obama Inauguration Watch Party' -- click here to view the invitation and submit your response: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpt88s

Well worth your participation. There may indeed be something in North High Shoals as well. Steve? Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: becky@beckyvaughn.org Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:22:42 -0500 Subject: [oconee] Fwd: MLK Service project ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carl McGrath < carlmcgrath@ yahoo.com > Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:35 PM Subject: To: Carl < CarlMcGrath@ yahoo.com > Hey, remember me from the campaign? Well, Felton Hudson and I have answered the call from Barack Obama to organize a service project on the MLK Holiday, Jan 19th. Since this is also the day before Inauguration, the activity can also serve to rally us together to begin our celebration of Barack Obama becoming President of the USA .   The service project will involve removing debris from a ravine in the Maple Circle Community in Greensboro.  To see a photo of the project si...

Subject: Share your story with President-Elect Obama Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:40:36 -0500 From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> To: Hey, President-Elect Obama is hard at work getting this country back on track, but he’s counting on input from all of us. I just wrote in to share my vision for where President-Elect Obama should lead the country, and I thought you might want to do the same: http://www.change.gov/yourvision Thanks.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Can you help GOTV for Martin on Saturday? Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:58:44 -0800 (PST) From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> Reply-To: carlmcgrath@yahoo.com To: Carl <CarlMcGrath@yahoo.com> For details and to sign-up, follow this link: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsx2qw Please disregard if you have already replied to me on this. Thanks!  Carl  Carl McGrath 1031 Simonton Drive Watkinsville, GA 30677-2579 (706) 769-3400

Subject: [oconee] GOTV for Martin on Saturday Nov 15 Well-stated, Erika! This Saturday we are partnering with Black citizens of Greene Co. to get-out-the- vote for Martin and Powell. Also in the run-off for Greene Co. is a key school board position.  So far, we have 10 Oconee Co. volunteers signed-up for Saturday!!! And we need at least 10 more. Join us. We will work out of a staging location set-up in Greenesboro with wireless internet and a phone line. We will be doing phone banking and door-to-door canvassing with lists of registered democrats. Each volunteer can choose to do phone banking and/or canvassing. Canvassers will carry applications for absentee ballots. Whenever it's possible, we'll send canvassers out in biracial teams. For more details, including driving directions and how to sign-up, follow this link http://my.barackoba ma.com/page/ event/detail/ gsxd73 Carl McGrath 1031 Simonton Drive Watkinsville, GA 306...

Wow, I am watching the Republican party implode every day in new ways I could never imagine. This is a letter to our Congressman from a constituent in the 10th District of Georgia. Will all this increase the turnout on either side of the aisle? Of course I think it will help the Democratic candidates of Jim Powell and Jim Martin. Three full time Obama staffers (two moved in since the General Election) are in Athens alone so let's see what we can get done. I think the Republican Party have provided a once in a lifetime opportunity here so we damn sure need to take full advantage of it. Keep talking about Paul Broun. I think there were four letters to the editor today and Jay Hamilton of Oconee County wrote a great one yesterday in the Athens Banner-Herald. The Oconee Enterprise wrote a very good story about Carl McGrath, Barb Eza and Patricia Priest volunteer efforts for the Obama campaign in Oconee County in different ways. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton could be another great c...

Both Erica and Carl McGrath have invited me to participate in this event, unfortunately I am coaching basketball at the Oconee County Recreation Department for my son's team the Knicks and we have practice then. But please help them out. Carl is featured on the front page of the Oconee Enterprise today. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.  Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:02:29 -0500  To:  Subject: You're Invited!    Erika Ferrari-Chumbley has sent you an invitation to  'Run-off Election GOTV in Greene Co.' -- click here to  view the invitation and submit your response:    http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsxd73    ---    You've been invited to attend Run-off Election GOTV in Greene Co.. Go to http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsxd73#rsvp to RSVP.

Subject: RE: Greene County Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:52:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> Reply-To: carlmcgrath@yahoo.com To: Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> , "Lance.Orchid" <lorchid@georgiaforchange.com> CC: Felton Hudson <flhud@aol.com> , Stacey Speller <stacey@speak2stacey.com> Lance, Thank you for your kind words.  You have to know, also, that the real hero here is Felton Hudson who had the courage to welcome us white folk with open arms to Greene Co., where he has lived his entire 74 years. I view him as a man who has always  stood-up to the white power structure in the County and has spoken to them  with clarity whether his response was "Yes", "No", or "Maybe". When I first met Felton and...

Today our GOTV event in Greensboro was highly successful. Having accomplished the following goals, we are now poised for the BIG event ... Get out the vote in Greene Co. on Election Day! Here's what we did today with 12 volunteers: Organized our campaign staging location complete with a phone line and wireless internet access - thanks to Felton Hudson, JP Crisan, and Bradie Speller Executed successful phone banking and door-to-door canvassing with volunteers from Greene, Jackson, and Oconee Counties. Completed online data entry to VoteBuilder at this location from the phoning & canvassing done today. We demonstrated that it's possible to do what needs to be done for getting out the vote on Election Day. But we are going to need many more than 12 pairs of feet on the ground on Nov 4th. Please sign-up to help by following one or the other, not both , of these links:  ...

  The latest from our Northeast GA Region leader for the Obama-Biden Campaign. Carl McGrath 1031 Simonton Drive Watkinsville, GA 30677-2579 (706) 769-3400 --- On Thu, 10/23/08, Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> wrote: From: Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> Subject: Update on Georgia: The Fight is Here To: "Natasha Patel" <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 9:02 AM Hi all! I hope you can all take two minute to watch this from Insider Advantage-a conservative leaning pollster. http://www.internetnewsagency.com/ It reiterates what we all have known for a while. The fight is right here in Georgia. I know that you or your volunteers have received emails urging people to drive to Florida. This has been corrected on the website that encourages Georgians to remain in Georgia. When we win Georgia, it will be because the Volunteers won it. Many of you have asked whether we will be receiving any financi...

 Proof positive that we can effect change here in Oconee County and beyond for Barack Obama.   -------------- From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> Subject: Thanks! for Heeelp! With phone banking 7pm Tues Oct 14 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:56:40 +0000 We did it!  By Noon today we will complete the 450 GOTV phone calls we were given.  Thanks to all who showed up last night and helped with this.  This is huge!  The people we called, and the ones we will be contacting in the remaining 20 days, are first time and sporadic voters.  These are the voters who overwhelmingly vote for Obama.  Why is it important for them to hear from us?  Because they are new to, and typically unfamiliar with, voting procedures like early voting, voting location, photo ID requirements, etc.  Because we contact them, many of these citizens will vote who otherwise would not.  This is one of the main reasons campaig...

Subject: You're Invited! Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:57:29 -0400 From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> To: Carl McGrath has sent you an invitation to 'CarPool to GOTV in Greene Co.!!!' -- click here to view the invitation and submit your response: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs5qgw --- This is one of two all-day GOTV events we are doing in Greensboro. The other one will be on Election Day Nov 4th. Please arrange to devote one or both of these days because we need a lot of feet on the ground and/or cell phones in hand to turn this battleground state BLUE! Go Obama!!! Carl

Here are a bevy of goings-on with the Oconee County Democratic Committee and associated groups. Please help out if you can. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: ppriest@charter.net Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 11:31:16 -0400 Subject: [oconee] Worthwhile upcoming events Hello! Here are some things I hope you'll read more about to see if you'd like to come -- or help! Here's a guide to what's below. Oh, and contact Carl McGrath if you'd like to help the local Obama teams, who deserve a HUGE round of applause for the work they're doing registering voters and making persuasion calls. < CarlMcGrath@ yahoo.com > 1. Yard sale items needed 2. Discussion of Obama's autobiography [And find out what we're reading next!] 3. Important speaker at UGA you will want to hear 4. Reminder about field tour Thanks for reading! Pat Priest 1. WE NEED YOUR STUFF for our yard sale...

Hey, Oconee Supporters for Change.   Check-out the article Natasha sent to all Obama team leaders re the value of knocking on doors - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/09/on-road-grand-junction-colorado.html   Then, come back here and sign-up or confirm (if you haven't) that you're going to go knock on doors with us Saturday morning: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs53sl   Georgia's turning BLUE!!!   Carl ***** Carl McGrath 1031 Simonton Drive Watkinsville, GA 30677-2579 (706) 769-3400 --- On Wed, 9/24/08, Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> wrote: From: Natasha Patel <npatel@georgiaforchange.com> Subject: Knock Knock Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 2:22 PM Hi Guys, I wanted to share this with you. It's a study that shows Knocking on Doors is one of single most important things you can do in an election, ...

Subject: You're Invited! Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:38:51 -0400 From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> To: Carl McGrath has sent you an invitation to 'Phone Bank for Obama in Watkinsville' -- click here to view the invitation and submit your response: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs5xzd --- Feel free to come for whatever time you can spare even if you can't work the entire 2 hours. Also, please send this invitation to friends who are also potential volunteers for this activity. Thanks! Carl - - Go Obama __________ To be removed, send a message to carlmcgrath@yahoo.com with REMOVE ME in the Subject line.

 Please attend this event if you want to help the Obama campaign here in Oconee County, Georgia.   From: Carl McGrath <carlmcgrath@yahoo.com> Subject: You're Invited! Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:23:18 +0000 Carl McGrath has sent you an invitation to 'Voter Registration Drive' -- click here to view the invitation and submit your response: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs7bhw

Subject: Obama watch party Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 06:02:09 -0400 Hi All, It was a pleasure having you in our home.  I hope you'll actively work toward electing Senator Obama our next President.  I am attaching the jpg of our picture.  Please forward to those I have missed (some I couldn't read the email address).   Enjoy the labor day! Elaine Obama for President Elaine Cress