The Big Bite

Posted on February 27, 2013 by metrospirit

Solid Waste Director Mark Johnson faced some resistance from commissioners regarding a request to outsource lawn services rather than continue to rely on free inmate labor. The argument he made, that inmates aren’t efficient and that they aren’t really free…

The Art of Give Me More

Posted on February 27, 2013 by metrospirit

“When you plunder a countryside, let the spoil be divided amongst your men; when you capture new territory, cut it up into allotments for the benefit of the soldiery.” “The Art of War” Sun Tzu The raise the new sheriff…

Simon Says

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit

During the discussion of the annual plan for the TEE Center at last week’s Finance Committee Meeting, Augusta Riverfront President Paul Simon once again lectured commissioners on the basic details of their convention center. He’s done it several times before,…

Just SCRAM!

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit

“You guys totally missed the point on the Sentinel piece you wrote. You know Judge (redacted)’s wife works for the monitoring company her husband puts on everyone who comes in front of him?” Well. Yes and no. That is one…

Thunder Road

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit

As the combined efforts of local and state law enforcement has made Operation Thunder a blitzkrieg of combined traffic enforcement, it’s been entertaining to see the kneejerk cynicism rise up throughout much of the community. Given the rocky start to…

Case Management

Posted on January 30, 2013 by metrospirit

Just days after four people were freed from jail because Judge David Watkins failed to properly inform them of their rights to a trial, Watkins came before the Finance Committee looking for money to pay for a new case manager…

TEE without the Jam

Posted on January 30, 2013 by metrospirit

With the TEE Center losing its first major event because of the commission’s inability to agree on a management agreement for the 38,000-square-foot convention center, you’d think those in charge would be anxious to go ahead and get some events…

Trading Places

Posted on January 30, 2013 by metrospirit

If morale in Richmond County government is low now, you can expect it to get a whole lot worse once the renovations start at the Municipal Building. And if that wasn’t enough, the commission is starting to get serious about…

More to Come

Posted on January 23, 2013 by metrospirit

Not to mix metaphors or anything, but the slam dunk that appeared to be North Augusta’s stadium project is starting to look like one of those slam dunks that gets you $10,000 for making people laugh on TV. Not that…

Things’ll Be Great When You’re Downtown

Posted on January 23, 2013 by metrospirit

Those about town, and not just the busybodies who have nothing better to do than wonder how Augusta could be as bad as it is, are starting to think that perhaps the DDA’s Margaret Woodard might finally be vulnerable enough…