Couple of things

- Athens-Clarke County mayoral candidate Brandon Shinholser was kind enough to share his thoughts on his selection of quotes on his Facebook page ... a statement that looks even that more bizarre as I type it out.

- VoteVets is targeting former Athens-Clarke County native and current Congressional District 12 Rep. John Barrow and urging him to support the American Clean Energy and Security Act with this new ad, which is going to air 1,800 times in that media market in the upcoming weeks.

- Speaking of energy independence, the Athens-Clarke County Commission deserves a hearty 'nice job' for its allocation of $100,000 to train low-income workers for green jobs.

- Here in The OC, the ongoing power struggle between Melvin Davis and the Oconee County Commission appears to be reaching an endgame as the two sides have loosely agreed to an organizational chart. Frankly, I don't know why the county doesn't just restructure the chairman position as more of an executive branch that sets the agenda and defines the vision for the community. While I think all of the falling over to say 'this isn't about Davis' is kinda, well, fake since it is all about Davis, it's important to plan for that position as if Davis wasn't the chairman.

- Via Athens World, updated police sketches of George Zinkhan.

- This is a solid editorial, and I'd go even further to suggest they ought to impose term limits up there too. I might be in the minority on that position, but building in some turnover into some of those seats assures new blood, fresh ideas and a time limit on how long Rep. Glenn Richardson can run amuck in Atlanta.

- Tomorrow, The Wife, The Kid and I are heading down to Gary Pike's nursery in Greensboro ... which is a sprawling 10-acre megacomplex of botanical wonder. Seeing how we're finally out of the drought, and I've got an acre of land to play with, I'm pretty excited about getting back into working in the yard. I had built up a nice little garden at the old house before the lack of rain ravaged it. Hopefully, as I prepare some rain barrels for future dry spells and eye more drought tolerants plants, this new venture will work otu better.