Oconee County, GA Politics

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From: psommer <psommer@bellsouth.net> To: 'psommer' <psommer@bellsouth.net> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:41 AM Subject: please join us Hi, The Oconee County Historical Society is planning another social get together on June 8, 7pm at the William Daniel House.  Catering by Mary ($10 donation).  Please let Lisa Douglas lisadouglas@gmail.com know if you are planning to come so we can plan the amount of food to order.  Come catch up with old friends and historical society activities. Peggy

Dear Cycling Friends: The Developmental Board of the Oconee County Cycling Organization (OCCO) is pleased to announce our first membership meeting. This is an important meeting, and we encourage you to attend. Monday, September 13th, 2010 7:30-8:30 PM The Oconee County Library Auditorium 1080 Experiment Station Rd. Watkinsville, GA 30677 We will provide refreshments and present an overview of our accomplishments to-date. Also, the OCCO Membership will elect our first official Board of Directors and chart our course for cycling advocacy in the next year. If you are interested in cycling advocacy in Oconee County, please make plans to attend. Pass along this info to your friends as well! The meeting is open to registered members of OCCO. If you are not yet a member, the meeting would be an ideal time to join. Annual dues are $25.00, so please bring cash or check. Are you interested in becoming a board member? If so, contact me at tonyglenn@gmail.com and ...

President Obama's health care reform is under attack here in Oconee County with a rally at the Oconee Veterans Park August 29. This is a good start to try and find a way to counter their lies hall over Northeast Georgia as well. Please attend this meeting if you can. I am glad we are starting to get the information out about health care. We need better stunts than Dr. Broun our clown of a Congressman has pulled off recently. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: ccdc@clarkedemocrats.com; ccdc-nm@clarkedemocrats.com Subject: Fwd: Wed., August 19--OFA-Athens Health Care Campaign Dear CCDC members and friends,   Please read the email below. Attend if you can. Sincerely, Karen Solheim CCDC Vice Chair for Communications Russell Edwards wrote: Call for Volunteers at Ciné in Downtown Athens Wed, August 19th Local Health Care Campaign to Expand District Wide Broun Town Hall in Clarkesville, GA a "Sad Moment in Our Time" OFA-Athens Volunteers to Counter ...

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Farmington deserves our support. Please attend this meeting Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at the Farmington Community Center. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 09:07:23 -0700 From: southoconee@yahoo.com Subject: Farmington Community meeting & BOC news To: aglenn@uga.edu Hello all, A Farmington Community meeting has been called for next Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:00 p.m. in the Farmington Community Center. My understanding is that the main objective of the meeting is to address how the Farmington Community Center is currently managed and operated.  That's all I know at the moment. Since this facility is used by many individuals and groups throughout Oconee County, I encourage everyone to attend if possible. On another note, many of you may be interested in reading Lee Becker's current blog post concerning recent county government meetings that occurred without required public notice. http://oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/ Regards, Tony Glenn

Already looking toward our next election....thanks Lee ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lee Becker < lbbecker@mindspring.com > Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:06 PM Subject: SPLOST and Ballot Amendments To: lbbecker@mindspring.com Dear Friends, While many voters are still focused on the Nov. 4 election, the County is about to launch a campaign to get voters to approve a renewal of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) of 1 cent on the dollar at a special election on March 17, 2009. The first of two public information sessions on the proposed SPLOST renewal will be on Oct. 21, and it will be followed by a second on Nov. 3. Both meetings will begin at 7 p.m. at the Oconee County Civic Center on Hog Mountain Road. Local Farmland Protection Advocate Russ Page has launched a campaign to get farmland protection included in the SPLOST allocations. I've explained the schedule for the SPLOST campaign, Russ' work at including Farmland Protection...

If you wish to have your Board of Commissioners members listen to your views about beer and wine in restaurants this evening, please go to this meeting this evening and do speak up about whether you think that Oconee County restaurants can handle beer and wine with meals like they have in the county seat of Watkinsville already.

The Watkinsville City Council will entertain the following agenda this Wednesday: AGENDA CITY OF WATKINSVILLE March 12, 2008 CALL TO ORDER QUORUM CHECK MINUTES APPEARANCES 1. Dennise Grayson – business license – Law Offices of Dennise L. Grayson – 1 N. Third Street 2. Ted Evans – building permit – 3,000 sq. ft. self storage bldg. – 67 Greensboro Highway 3. Commercial Property Restoration – building permit – repair fire damages to residence at 15 White Street Extension 4. LAD Trucking – building permit – add 18,750 sq. ft to existing warehouse @ 109 Barnett Shoals Road 5. Sean Hogan – building permit – 2408 sq. ft. single family residence w/garage @ 17 Whitehall Road ADMINISTRATION 1. January Reconciliation Report MAYOR’S REPORT CITIZEN’S COMMENTS OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS 1. Consider Resolution: Authorizing Adoption of the Oconee County Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan 2. Consider Resolution: Authorizing Adoption of the Comprehensive Plan (Communi...

This was sent to me by an attorney who knows what she is talking about: I strongly and wholeheartedly oppose the siting of the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Athens. Please come out to the meeting on Wednesday, February 13th at 7pm at the Presbyterian Student Center on Lumpkin Street. Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher of FAQ will be there to hand out some information my law firm has gathered to help you understand why having this compound in our town is a very, very bad idea. Hillary Clinton won't have it on Plum Island because that's too close to where people live. And Plum Island is a mile and a half off Long Island, with no pedestrian connections. Don't let the federal government play around with foreign incurable diseases in the heart of our Classic City. No amount of money is worth that risk. (And, you know, the way our university and local officials are acting you'd actually think there was a lot of money coming in from this proposed bio-terror lab...

Glad I can answer that, although I will probably miss this one because of the UGA men's basketball game versus Grambling State: APPEARANCES 1. Carol Anne Kelley – business license – CAK Unlimited Design, Inc. – 1141 Stone Shoals Terrace 2. Mack Guest III – business license – LAD Logistics, Inc. – 109 Barnett Shoals Road 3. Christopher Blanchard – business license – Christopher M. Blanchard, LLC – 31A N. Main Street 4. Sarah Scott – building permit – 20’ x 38’ detached garage – 1031 Christian Court 5. Wisteria Ridge – building permit – 40’ x 40’ leasing office – Bldg. 100 – 95 N. Main Street 6. Wisteria Ridge – building permit – 74’ x 42’ apartment building (F1) – Bldg. 200 – 95 N. Main Street 7. Wisteria Ridge – building permits – 64’2” x 50’4” apartment building (F2) – Buildings 300, 400, 500, 1000, 1300, 1400 & 1500 to be built by F2 specifications – 95 N. Main Street 8. Wisteria Ridge – building permits – 74’...

MINUTES OF MEETING OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY OF WATKINSVILLE February 14, 2007 PRESENT: Mayor Luken, Council members Link, Purcell, Brodrick, Walsh and Walter and City Attorney Reitman. VISITORS: See attached sheet. QUORUM CHECK: Mayor Luken acknowledges full attendance by council. All speakers are asked to approach the lectern and address Council. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: John McNally, Director of Oconee County Clean and Beautiful Commission, presents a sign that will be posted at the adopt-a-spot location at the corner of Colham Ferry Road and SR24, where a Shumard Oak will be planted Friday, February 16, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. Mr. McNally encouraged all to attend and participate in the tree planting. MINUTES: Councilwoman Purcell moved and Councilman Brodrick seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the January 10, 2007 Council meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. Councilman Walsh moved and Councilman Link seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the January 31, 2007...