Politics & Government
More Than 100 People Turn Out To Hear From And Question Oconee County Candidates
The candidates took differing positions on the Calls Creek sewer line project.
Oconee County Board of Commissioners candidates Penny Mills and Sarah Bell stated unambiguous opposition to the proposed pipeline down Calls Creek, while candidates Mark Thomas and Mark Saxon took more nuanced positions on the issue Thursday night.
The four were speaking in the first of two candidate forums to be held before the May 24 election. More than 100 people turned out for the meeting at the Community Center in Veterans Park.
Mills and Bell also took more critical positions on a number of other issues, including on growth, transparency in local government, and how the Board of Commissioners has dealt with animal control matters.
Mills and Thomas are running for Post 1 on the Board of Commissioners, and Bell and Saxon are running for Post 4. Saxon is the incumbent Post 4 commissioner.
Candidates for Oconee County Sheriff, Board of Education, Coroner and Georgia Senate District 46 also participated in the Candidate Forum.
For a full report on the Candidate Forum, including video of the entire session and video broken out by the various races, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Bell, Mills, Saxon, Thomas.