Bobby F. Brewer Jr.: Cowboy Fan, Great American

Posted on December 27, 2012 by metrospirit

I cannot account for many of the Christmas Eves in the life of Bobby Brewer, but I can tell you where he was for about a half dozen of them a few decades past: The Rhodes Family Christmas Eve Parties,…

Common Sense and an Ounce of Prevention Needed in Wake of Madness

Posted on December 19, 2012 by metrospirit

Conservatives have been challenged to discuss and present solutions in the wake of yet another slaughter of the innocents by gunfire at the hands of disturbed individuals. While nothing, and I do mean nothing, will stop any killer who is…

GOP Rocks Detroit City

Posted on December 12, 2012 by metrospirit

One of the foundations of the modern conservative political movement has been its steadfast opposition to the heavy handed and often irrational policies and behaviors of organized labor. So this week’s movement by Michigan state legislators and their Republican governor…

Political Season Closes and Open Season Is Declared on Guns

Posted on December 6, 2012 by metrospirit

Congrats to Bill Fennoy for his extra innings win over Matt Aitken in the District 1 Augusta City Commission race. A number of political insiders believed that Aitken had a distinct advantage in the runoff because it was clear that…

RCBOE Stuck with a Tough Decision on Super

Posted on November 28, 2012 by metrospirit

There is virtually no public discussion about it, but behind the scenes many key members of the Richmond County School Board have been pondering their future under the leadership of Superintendent Frank Roberson. While Roberson was cleared medically in September…

Local Minorities Take Monolithic Voting to New Heights

Posted on November 15, 2012 by metrospirit

By Austin Rhodes Taking a closer look at the area’s voting patterns in the November 6 elections, there is a case to be made that we have a very real racial divide when it comes to politics, with one particular…

Our American Dream: Representation Without Taxation?

Posted on November 7, 2012 by metrospirit

My Tuesday evening deadline has once again killed my ability to pontificate on the results of the big contests, but I guarantee you one thing: In these parts the overachievers concentrated their votes with conservative candidates, and the folks who…

Copenhaver Awakes from Coma

Posted on November 2, 2012 by metrospirit

Don’t look now, but I think we may have discovered a way to light a fire under Deke Copenhaver’s fanny without having to invoke the name Ripken. I don’t want to infer that the good mayor has been too quiet…

Azziz in a Courtroom? Oh, Pretty Please!

Posted on October 25, 2012 by metrospirit

Well, there goes the old Christmas list. Dear Mr. Claus: If you can’t pull off a seventh Super Bowl ring for my Steelers, I will certainly settle for news that Dr. Ricardo Azziz is going to have to go under…

TEE Center Deal Won’t Fly in Current Form

Posted on October 18, 2012 by metrospirit

Despite the protests of well-meaning Super District 10 Commissioner Grady Smith, unless drastic changes are made in the contract Augusta Riverfront LLC has proposed to run the TEE Center, it is dead in the water. “We’ve got a chance to…