Oconee County, GA Politics

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note® II -------- Original message -------- From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net Date: 10/10/2013 1:38 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Oconee County Democrats <oconee@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [oconee] Protest gov't shutdown tomorrow in Athens! Hello Oconee Democrats! Amy Rosemond, a distinguished ecologist at UGA, has organized a protest tomorrow at Congressman Paul Broun's office in Athens. See the details below -- and help get the word out! We have to show our contempt for Congress' government shutdown! ----------------------------------------------------------- Please join other citizens from Athens, the University, and beyond to protest Paul Broun's role in the government shut-down that hurts people, businesses, and science. PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION Paul Broun's District Office 3706 Atlanta Highway (next to Zaxby's at Georgia Square Mall) Bring signs! 4:30-6 pm Friday, October 11 Paul Broun...

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Ted Nugent or Lynyrd Skynyrd probably won't be performing, but there is yet another attempt at raising anti-Obama fervor at an AthensTeaParty.com event in Oconee Veterans Park near Watkinsville this Saturday 1-3 pm. I wonder what these folks think about President Obama attempting to close loopholes in offshore investment havens to keep our money home here in the United States of America instead of in various islands with favorable tax rates. I am all for legal means of paying as little taxes as possible, but as usual it is those who cut corners to not pay taxes who hike the rates for the rest of us law abiding citizens.

Former Oconee County coroner and recent failed candidate for the office again Dr. William Mayberry is hosting a tea party in a tax payer funded venue in Oconee County on tax day. The Republican party seems intent on protesting President Barack Obama's attempts at spending our way out of the recession. I do not like to pay taxes anymore than any one else, but I also want our economy to get better without mortgaging our children's future. Until someone else can offer up a better prescription to what ails our country, I will continue to support our President and wish him success in our economic efforts to rebuild our country's infrastructure.