Oconee County, GA Politics

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Got this in the mail yesterday; not sure if this is being put on by the City of Watkinsville or Curbside or both: Recycle Awareness Celebration Come celebrate with the City of Watkinsville with free crafts, games, food, and family food. Sunday, September 30, 2012 2:00 to 4:00 pm Harris Shoals Park with bounce house, hot dogs, recycle craft, recycle games, and for $1 donation to ESP (Extra Special People), a chance to dunk Mayor Charles Ivie For more information, call Curbside Services, Inc. at 706-769-1822 or email curbsideserv@bellsouth.net

So please consider assisting the Oconee County Democratic Committee in their last Oconee Connector road clean up before QuikTrip in in full effect. We have a sign, and this is part of our quarterly obligation. Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: sjathome91@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:12:39 -0700 Subject: [oconee] Road cleanup June 5   The Oconee Democratic Party will clean up our mile of Mars Hill Road/Oconee Connector on Sat., June 5, at 5:00 p.m. Please note the new time; we moved to the later time so that anyone who wants can attend the Stroll at 9 a.m. in Harris Shoals Park. Please bring a pair of work gloves with you, as well as any aluminum cans you want to add to the firefighters' collection bin. It should be cooling off by 5, and afterwards, the group may want to reward itself for a job well done and a valuable contribution to keeping Oconee clean and beautiful with a cool drink at a nearby watering ...

Another great post from Pat Priest and more books to read! Woven brightly,  Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:54:49 -0500 Subject: [oconee] Great recycling opportunity & new book   Two quick things: 1) Please read about the unusual recycling opportunities below -- just today and tomorrow! 2) Wanted to let you know, too, that we've switched out our March book in our community book group to learn more about Haiti. We'll read "Mountains beyond Mountains " by the acclaimed author Tracy Kidder and discuss it March 24th. (In February we're reading the classic and beloved " Sand County Almanac .") Let me know if you have questions! Pat Priest Member, Oconee Democrats ------------ --------- ------ You've probably heard about the Greenlife Expo going on today and tomorrow in Athens at the Classic Center. There's a great opportunity to recycle things that aren't usually accepted for recycling. Fo...

Watkinsville is the county seat of Oconee County. That much being said, there is a movement afoot to move the Courthouse to outside of the current city limits of one round mile around the Courthouse. There are three properties for sale immediately adjacent to the Courthouse, stated Mayor Jim Luken. He is an ex-Marine and chooses his words carefully, not given to dramatic or grandiose statements. Luken did not come out and name names by saying that it was Don Norris who came out and stated what evidently Board of Commissioners chair G. Melvin Davis said in the infamous secret meeting in Madison in December of last year. Former chair Wendell Dawson was the first to write about the plans to move the courthouse out of its current location out of this notorious meeting which now threatens to end the political careers of at least three people. Given the economic state, and the recent upgrades and $84,000.00 window treatments going on even two weeks ago, the current courthouse is fine. An...

70-some odd people parked at the Park Avenue Bank at the start of Highway 316 just across the Oconee county line and took a short shuttle run in Prius Hybrid cars (Pri-ii?) to the home of Pat and Neil Preist, who have done an outstanding job making their house as energy efficient and sufficient as possible without creating a wind turbine. They have multiple solar panels on their new tin roofed house, a 3000 gallon rain water cistern partially underground collecting rain off the roof of their barn/garage, perma-culture gardening of things like blueberries which will grow forever and other activities. Board of Commissioners member Chuck Horton attended as did former candidate Mary Mellein. Other familiar faces included Charlie Baugh and Carter and Becky Vaughn. Many new faces came from various places including Athens resident Lucy Kern. There was solar cooking baking cookies and tofu, free range eggs, plants, gardening wrenches for removing privet and Russian Olive trees and a variety of...