Spencer Frye Executive Director

The money provided to these charities through the sponsorship changes lives, said Habitat Executive Director Spencer Frye. "The funds donated by Silver & Archibald are extremely valuable and very hard to come by," Frye explained. "Art is a tremendous asset to our Board of Directors," Frye said.

Spencer Frye for State House 118 An Interview with Spencer Frye Spencer Frye is the Democratic candidate for the 118th district of the Georgia State House, which encompasses Athens and half of Clarke County. He came to UGA in 1986 and has lived in Athens ever sinc... All we can do in this election is vote Democratic, because we do know that Obama, Cooley, Oppenheimer, Riley and Frye do support the ideas and ideals that make liberal, progressive Athens a shining ci... Spencer Frye speaks with the confidence of a man who knows he has nothing to worry about in the last two weeks before the election. State Representative District 118 So, Spencer Frye is the Democrat who bumped off Keith Heard, and Carter Kessler is the Republican of the Ron Paul persuasion, who says Athens deserves better. Ignoring youth health issues, teen pregnancy chief among them, is inviting long-term complications, Democratic candidate for state House District 118 Spencer Frye said to a group of youth health advoc... Carter Kessler did community service for a DUI at the nonprofit run by his state House opponent, Spencer Frye. Frye took 1,931 votes, or 55.38 percent, in his winning effort Spencer Frye took out a 20-year incumbent, Keith Heard, by 11 percent. Spencer Frye and Regina Quick pulled off stunning upsets over incumbents Keith Heard and Doug McKillip in two Athens House races. But unlike Heard, Frye sends his children to local schools. Campaign finance records show that Athens liberals are backing Regina Quick, Spencer Frye and Allison Wright in local races. Democratic House candidate Spencer Frye defends a past partnership with party-switcher Doug McKillip, and candidates for Athens-Clarke Commission debate zoning changes and school district finances. Frye aggressively came after Heard at a July 1 Federation of Neighborhoods forum, accusing him of "voting along with Republicans' agenda. In particular, Frye cited Heard's votes in favor of a waiting... "These are things we don't want as Democrats, and this man behind me (Heard) has voted for every one of those things," said Frye, the executive director of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity and a candi... Spencer Frye on Twitter Media Copyright © 2011 Spencer Frye for State House, All Rights Reserved. Paid for by Spencer Frye for State House, www.spencerfrye.com

The Democratic side of the race for the 118th District seat in the Georgia House of Representatives got a little heated Monday evening, with longtime incumbent Keith Heard painting challenger Spencer Frye as unschooled in the legislative process and Frye wondering aloud what Heard had done for Athens during his 20 years in the General Assembly. In the 118th District contest, Frye on Monday renewed his charge that Heard was voting "along with the national Republican agenda," and Heard contended some of Frye's campaign literature mischaracterized his votes. Heard went on to suggest that Frye was "willing to tell a lie to get elected." Frye was forced to back off from one claim he made at the Monday forum. Early in the half-hour exchange between the two men, Heard noted that he's been endorsed by a number of state education organizations, a distinction Frye initially contended wasn't all that special. "They endorse all incumbents," Frye said. Later in the forum, a representative of one of the education groups rose to say that her group didn't simply endorse incumbents, prompting Frye to apologize. Among the votes for which Frye, executive director of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity, criticized Heard, an insurance professional, was a 2009 vote in favor of a law that allows Georgia Power to charge customers what amounts to an up-front fee to provide advance funding for construction of two nuclear reactors. Heard countered that by contending that the fee will mean the utility company's customers won't be subjected to any "rate shock" in the future. Also during the forum, Frye tweaked Heard obliquely on the issue of his residency. Heard, who prevailed in a court challenge to his residency a decade ago, owns a house in Athens, but his wife owns a house in Fayetteville. Heard previously has explained that the couple's careers require them to maintain two residences, and in Monday's forum, noted he wasn't in the district for some months during the year. Taking questions from the audience, the two men differed markedly on a development proposal that could bring a Walmart to the edge of downtown Athens. Frye said "downtown Athens is a brand" and that his preference would be "to focus on jobs that mean something.

Spencer Frye Executive Director spencer@athenshabitat.com