About Like I Figured

Posted on August 2, 2012 by metrospirit

As this deadline-flirting column gets tucked away, I can see I am going to be flat out of luck when it comes to having a definitive runoff field set for the honor of meeting Democrat Congressman John Barrow for the Georgia…

Yet Another Wife Problem

Posted on July 25, 2012 by metrospirit

There is some solace in knowing that someone has a much bigger wife problem than I do. I am referring, of course, to my unwise choice of words in last week’s Spirit column (and thank God the problem has nothing…

Strength Endorsed Peebles Long Ago

Posted on July 19, 2012 by metrospirit

There is a bit of irony in this advice coming from a twice-divorced man. Then again, maybe I can speak from a similar perspective: If Sheriff Ronnie Strength’s wife is what is keeping him from openly endorsing Scott Peebles, he…

Time to Crack the Whip on Teens Downtown

Posted on July 12, 2012 by metrospirit

Let me see if I have all this straight… Six people get shot last Friday night while milling around Broad Street at 11:30, generally up to no good. Cops find the 9mm semiautomatic handgun believed to be used in the…

Oops, I Did It Again!

Posted on July 5, 2012 by metrospirit

by Austin Rhodes Have you noticed there are far more bold editorial columnists than there are bold skydivers? If last week’s column had been a parachute, I would be splattered all over east Georgia, in pieces too small to…

We Have No More Than We Did Before

Posted on June 28, 2012 by metrospirit

As I ponder spending the next 700 words or so discussing the hilarious irony of our most “consitutionally astute” president being as wrong on the constitutionality of his vaunted national healthcare plan as he could possibly be, I will let…

University of Augusta: Odds On Favorite

Posted on June 21, 2012 by metrospirit

To hear talk from the Board of Regents, it was not so much a beauty contest as it was about picking the least ugly of the litter. We first broke the story back in late October that ASU and GHSU…

Long Knives Out for Wright McLeod

Posted on June 14, 2012 by metrospirit

While it is always good to lead the pack, or at least be in front of most of the competition in any competitive race, one of the perils is that it is incredibly easy for someone behind to bury a…

Break in Cold Case Bums Out Roundtree

Posted on June 6, 2012 by metrospirit

It was a tough week for Richmond County Sheriff hopeful Richard Roundtree. The Dem primary candidate had to have been concerned about the declaration by local attorney and self proclaimed “Tax Avenger” Jack Long that he was gonna “cloud up…

Jack Long: The Tax Avenger!

Posted on May 31, 2012 by metrospirit

by Austin Rhodes Related Story: The Size of Bowling Balls Someone alert the mayor, the sheriff and, for that matter, the Richmond County school board that their days of pinching pennies and scraping by are a thing of the past.…