Mrs. Mason Needs to Fess Up if Big All Is to Be Mayor

Posted on May 15, 2013 by metrospirit

In late December 2011, I was standing on a sidewalk in Aiken County holding an American flag to honor the funeral procession of fallen Aiken City Public Safety Officer Scotty Richardson when my cell phone rang with the news that…

The Sheriff’s Community Needs Policing

Posted on May 8, 2013 by metrospirit

When Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree closed up his office last Friday night, he left the new Law Enforcement Center with a decent track record. By Monday afternoon, that record was under full siege. That is the problem with a…

Azziz Does His Best Scrooge McDuck

Posted on April 24, 2013 by metrospirit

What do you call a rich man who carts out-of-town wedding guests back and forth between a luxury hotel and his multimillion dollar mansion on a glorified college school bus, all for free (or so he thought)? You call him…

Modern Terror Demands Modern Justice

Posted on April 17, 2013 by metrospirit

So here we sit. Again. The death toll from the Boston Marathon attack does not resonate around the world quite the way the devastation of 9/11 did, but to the survivors and eyewitnesses of this nation’s latest battle with terrorists,…

Sea Change Showing at Augusta National

Posted on April 10, 2013 by metrospirit

While the headline was much bigger this past “off season” when Augusta National Golf Club announced the invitation of its first female members, what we witnessed Monday signals what I believe to be an even bigger philosophical shift in the…

Could the Best Be Made… Better?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by metrospirit

As we begin to welcome the world into our backyard for the 77th edition of the Masters Golf Tournament, it might come as a surprise to our out-of-town visitors that the best run event in all of sports still has…

Roundtree in the Right Place at the Right Time!

Posted on March 26, 2013 by metrospirit

Kudos to Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree for helping keep the peace at the scene of the Laney Walker Grocery eviction mess Tuesday morning. While just about everyone else dropped the ball when it came to safety and public health,…

Time Is Our Ally in the Battle of GRU

Posted on March 19, 2013 by metrospirit

So I am still optimistic that Federal Judge Randy Hall is going to issue an order soon mandating that hideous “turd in the punchbowl” that we know as the name Georgia Regents University be forever stricken from our collective consciousness.…

The Law Enforcement Secrets You Don’t Know

Posted on March 12, 2013 by metrospirit

Spent more than a few hours this week chasing down some bizarre twists and turns in cases that should be well known to Augusta news consumers, cases involving deaths, rape and more questionable personal behavior by people who should know…

Remedial Ethics Classes Needed for Many

Posted on March 5, 2013 by metrospirit

In the wake of all the ethics discussions Augusta commissioners have had thrust upon them, perhaps we should take a moment to reflect on the need of so many others in our midst to drink long and hard from that…