TEA Party Rally In Oconee 4-15-10

Posted By on April 23, 2010

Oconee TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party Rally at Veterans Park.     Over 100 people took their lunch hour to attend a rally to object to government out-of-control spending at the Oconee Veterans Park today. A show of varied and unique signs were carried by participants: “Don’t Tread On Me”, “Oconee County Tea Party – Reform, Not Replace, Health Care”, “Government Officials – You Cannot Spend Money That You Don’t Have”, “Stop the Insanity – Fair Tax Now”,

NO to High Taxes

“Congress, I Stand For Integrity – Will You?”, “Stop Big Government”, “Vote The Bums Out!”, “It’s About Freedom”, “No More IRS”, “Taxed Enough Already – Support Fair Tax”, “We Are Not Your Welfare Slaves – Need Fair Tax”, and “I Owe How Much? – That’s Taxation Without Representation”. A number of speakers used the podium to get their point across to a cheering crowd: Dr Bill Mayberry (Rally Planner and Coordinator), Sarah Bell (Gainesville State College Instructor), Jay Hanley (Oconee GOP Party Chair), Bill Greene (creator of RightMarch Web site), Nikki Broun (for US Congressman Paul Broun), Rob Peecher (Publisher Oconee Leader Weekly), Bob Smith (Retiring State Rep), Bill Griffin (Clarke County GOP Chair), Kirk Shook (Oglethorpe County GOP Chair). Planners talked of having another TAX Protest nearer the time of the midterm elections in November 2010. 

NOTE: Not one local elected Oconee official attended to observe or participate in the citizen’s objection to tax increases. Taxes on the local level are too high also. Beware, the county is contemplating a 1.0 millage rate increase which will take about $50 more per year on a home worth $100,000 out of our pockets.

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As of July 2010, I have reached 76 years. I retired in 2004 and have been enjoying my retirement by getting involved in community activities. I am an active member of the Keep Oconee Clean & Beautiful which I founded with the help of the Oconee BOC in 1992. Also a member of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce (Ambassador), OCAF, the Veterans Memorial Foundation and the local Oconee GOP. In 2007, I was appointed by the BOC Chairman, Melvin Davis as a member of the CSB - Advantage Behavioral Health Systems and last year was voted as the Chairman of that 16-member Community Service Board. Am also the owner of the Web site - a Positive Vision of Oconee County - started in 2004. I began attending government and community events and took photos of the meetings to compliment my articles on the Web site. Since then, I have collected over 40,000 photos. I guess you could call me the roving community photographer. I enjoy meeting people and helping where I can be of help. I am married to Mac McDaniel and have 2 very talented children, Dan and Cindy. I try to stay abreast of happenings in the County and outside the county that if they are relative to Oconee residents so as to record these happenings for posterity. My Photos will be given to the Oconee Library for all to access and enjoy for years to come when I am no longer able to use them.

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