Oconee County School Board Second Budget Hearing Brought Out Only One Citizen, Who Also Was Sole Speaker At First Hearing

***Fund Balance And New Spending Questioned***

Pam Hendrix, the only citizen who spoke at the first Oconee County Board of Education Budget Hearing on May 22, returned on Thursday (May 29) to use her allotted three minutes to continue her criticism of the Board and of the $120.5 million Fiscal Year 2026 Budget before it.

Hendrix, a local attorney who has been a frequent critic of government spending in the county, was the only citizen to speak on Thursday, the final hearing before the Board is scheduled to adopt the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget on June 9.

Tiny Number Of Oconee County Voters Has Cast Ballots In Early Voting In Public Service Commission Primaries

***More Democratic Ballots Proportionately Than In 2024***

Early voting in Oconee County for the June 17 Public Service Commission primaries is off to an extremely slow start.

After five days of voting, only 160 voters have cast a ballot, 49 of them in the Democratic Primary and 111 in the Republican Primary.