Couple of things

- Hopefully, there's some momentum building against the proposed restructuring of the Oconee County government. It's a dramatic overreaction to what is supposedly a specific problem - communication. Stripping responsibilities away from the chairman and transforming that position into nothing more than a titular head is absurd.

- Lee Becker's take on it is here.

- Very glad everyone's safe, but listen ... if a former mayor is having his house broken in to, then, again I dispute the people who keep telling me that crime 'won't be that big of a deal' in next year's mayoral election. In fact, it ought to be something the candidates harp on.

- Likewise, can I point out that perhaps Margaret Hale gave out the wrong number? I've spoken with three people who called her because they heard her give out her number, but she never returned their calls. And, though I didn't call her, I have sent her two emails on another topic ... one the three other Oconee County commissioners responded to.

- Hillary picks up on something that is ignored in the initial reporting ... which Athens Regional Medical Center is implementing deep budget cuts and laying off 17 workers because their profits might be down. It ain't like they're not making lots of money, it's that, apparently, pesky things like employee benefits are keeping them from making lots and lots of money.