Oconee County, GA Politics

Here are the questions you can expect on the Democratic ballot for the Primary.  Of course you know by now if you want any influence whatsoever in Oconee County, you must vote in the Republican primary to get your vote to make any impact. There are no candidates to choose from in the Primary on the Democratic side this time around. We need candidates people, step up. Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 15:20:42 -0400 From: flowersliz123@gmail.com To: danmatt@hotmail.com Subject: Release - GA DEMS RELEASE JULY PRIMARY BALLOT QUESTIONS MEDIA RELEASE May 25, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Flowers Senate Democratic Caucus 404-291-4755 flowersliz123@gmail.com or Eric Gray Democratic Party of Georgia  404-992-8699 Eric@GeorgiaDemocrat.org or Sophie Loghman House Democratic Caucus  770-265-1069 sophie@gahousedems.com   ...

Senator Vincert Fort should be on the Tim Bryant show to talk about this..... Sincerely,  Dan Matthews Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:15:39 -0400 From: flowersliz123@gmail.com Subject: Fort calls HR 1162 Wolf in Sheep's Clothing MEDIA RELEASE March 19, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Liz Flowers Senate Democratic Caucus 404-291-4755 flowersliz123@gmail.com   Fort calls HR 1162 Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Warns of corruption in GOP school money grab Atlanta, Ga. - March 19, 2012  - Responding to the GOP-backed HR 1162, the so-called Charter Schools Amendment, State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) had sharp criticism for Republican leadership for attempts to limit and close the floor debate and orchestrating a high-stakes power game that would ultimately hurt Georgia's students. "I have served in the State Senate for some 16 years," Fort said. "And never in my days have I se...

I have not studied the 600 page proposal for the Charter School for Math and Science in Oconee County, nor do I claim any expertise in the area of academic innovation other than Governor Sonny Perdue signed some law easing the path for their creation and ultimate integration into the state and local school systems. Adam Thompson of the Athens Banner-Herald wrote a pretty balanced view of the evolution of this possible addition to the local schools. Jmac at Safe as Houses wrote an interesting take on this as well . All I know is more and more kids are being home schooled even here with one of the best school systems in the area if not the state, which is not a bad thing onto itself, but it is emblematic of a larger dissatisfaction with the public school system in Oconee County (and every where for that matter). There are soccer teams and journalism clubs planned, so I am down with those. The laptops and small teacher-student ratio work well for me. We have a few budding Einsteins who...

The next Board of Education will not be the same as this one. The following is pulled from the Banner-Herald today Oconee County Board of Education members said this week they will vote on a proposed public charter school - the Oconee School of Math and Science - at their June 9 meeting. The charter school's organizers, including a number of University of Georgia faculty, are expected to appear before the board to answer questions Monday, at the board's regular session, said schools Superintendent Thomas Dohrmann. If approved by the local school board and the state Department of Education, the Oconee School of Math Science would open for the 2010-11 school year, according to a petition submitted last month