Oconee County, GA Politics

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Bryan Long, Better Georgia" <bryan@bettergeorgia.com> To: danjmatt@bellsouth.net Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 9:06 AM Subject: Wait. Who voted to support Chip Rogers at GPB? Better Georgia Better Georgia - Progressive Politics & News On Friday, the Georgia Senate finally voted on Chip Rogers. Until now, senators ignored your signed petitions, even running from television cameras to hide behind office equipment. But that ended Friday when Sen. Horacina Tate offered an amendment to move $150,000 from the Georgia Public Broadcasting budget to the education budget. 13 senators chose to support education over Chip Rogers and Gov. Deal's political appointment. But 35 senators voted to keep Chip Rogers' $150,000 taxpayer-funded salary in the state budget. Remember, these are the same senators who decided in November that Chip R...

Oconee authorities seeking man charged with battery

Begin forwarded message: From: CCDC.Communications < ccdc.communications@gmail.com > Date: February 24, 2013 6:23:11 PM EST To: < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Subject: CCDC NEWS (02.24.13) Reply-To: CCDC.Communications < ccdc.communications@gmail.com > Read on for Democratic news from the Clarke County Democratic Committee (CCDC)! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Clarke County DEMOCRATIC  Committee NEWS (02.24.13) == Upcoming Events ==   Thursday, February 28 CCDC monthly meeting: 6 p.m. new 2013 location:      Multiple Choices ,  850 Gaines School Road       Click  here  for map. This meeting will be a celebration of and reception for Election 2012 Volunteers and will provide opportunity for taking YOUR Democratic engagement to the next level!   Thursday, March 7 CCDC Executive Commit...

Begin forwarded message: From: CCDC.Communications < ccdc.communications@gmail.com > Date: February 24, 2013 6:44:21 PM EST To: < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Subject: A Word from Our Chair Reply-To: CCDC.Communications < ccdc.communications@gmail.com > Read on for a word (or two) from CCDC Chair Joe Wisenaker. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . The  Chair's Corner (02.24.13)  Folks,           I've read a couple of very compelling articles in the paper this morning. The first is Myra's extremely to the point opinion piece on the horrific efforts underway to further screw up public school funding in the state legislature (Click   here ).           The other, at first seemingly unrelated investigative reporting article on the science of food addictions and marketing in the   New York Times  (Click   here. ).  ...

From: Athens Academy athensacademy@pushpage.org   To: Daniel Matthews Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 4:25 PM Subject: Kajal Patel If you are having trouble viewing this email, click here It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Kajal Patel, Class of 2018. We extend to her parents, Dinesh and Tina, her brother, Anshul, her extended family, and her classmates and teachers at Athens Academy our sincere sympathy. A quiet, thoughtful girl, Kajal was devoted to her family and showed her strength by never complaining, despite living with pain during her long illness. While fighting her illness, she was the inspiration for a bone marrowthon that is providing life-saving marrow to others. She is a hero to many, and her legacy of service to others will live on. The memories of Kajal, the little girl with the big smile, will remain with us as we mourn the loss of her life.  There will be a memorial service for Kajal. ...

Athens Academy announced the death of the seventh grade honor student this afternoon

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Commissioners Made Appointments Inco... : Davis Led, Board Followed When the Oconee County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 12 followed Chairman Melvin Davis' lead and made appoi...

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If you want to learn about the social entitlements from those who use them, then this is a can't miss meal for you. This video has absolutely nothing to do with any of that, but is instead an awesome dunk by Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls over Sherman Douglas when the Bulls got their 70th win that magical season. From: Denise Ricks  athensareademocrats@hotmail.com Date: February 22, 2013 6:17:25 AM EST To: Athens Area Democrats athensareademocrats@hotmail.com Subject: Athens Area Breakfast - Saturday, March 9th ATHENS AREA DEMOCRATS BREAKFAST SPEAKER Gordon Sherman Area Representative of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) He will be discussing the current status and outlook for these programs and the NCPSSM's national position. SATURDAY, MARCH 9 TH   AT 9:00AM BRETT'S 3190 ATLANTA HIGHWAY * ATHENS, GA (in the Ingles shopping center – near Phil Hughes Honda) BRETT'S IS NOT...

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Watkinsville had 3 great bands or musical acts playing at three separate venues at once Friday night.

Rotary Club of Oconee County hosting 'Swimarathon'

Prep basketball roundup: Oconee County girls advance to second round

Thank you for all those who packed the house this evening for the first of the bimonthly meetings of the Oconee County Democratic Committee. I was delighted to finally see my favorite columnist of the moment John MacKay and his lovely northern Italian bride of North High Shoals and very grateful to have his spine in defending the Oconee Enterprise newspaper from the slings and arrows of some of our more learned members. I adore Margaret Holt as much as she loves recently anointed DeKalb County Board of Education leader Michael Thurmond and only regret not being interviewed with her about the lexicon of language used locally. I think the idea of her husband Stef about having one idea inspired me to use that as a means of introductions for the next meetings with a definitive idea for each of us to coalesce around. Mine would be reduced to sidewalks. It was good to hear and see from people who are fed up with the lack of alternatives to the Republican status quo. The marketplace of id...