Monthly Archives: February 2013

Please Help

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit
Adventures in customer service Yes? Hello? I need to talk to someone about my printer. … Well, the darn thing doesn’t print… More specific? Well — let’s see — I’m in my Word, and I click on the printer button,…
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Rolling Strong

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit
Sirens celebrate fifth season of family friendly bouts and community involvement Valerie Emerick The Soul City Sirens, Augusta’s only female roller derby team, will kick-off its fifth season this Sunday, February 24, at Red Wing Rollerway. Jessica Thompson Christian founded…
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What Is Legal Is Often at Odds with What Is Right

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit
If you think you have seen bad examples of blatant cronyism in local government in recent years, today’s politicians are rank amateurs when it comes to the elected officials of yesterday. But only on rare occasion have the petty attitudes…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Two Cents Worth

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit
County deals with loss of state money  Eric Johnson Because the governor and state legislators decided to promote industry in the state by giving an exemption on the energy consumption tax to industry, local government is facing a shortfall. According…
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What’s in a Name?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit
Marketing money and name confusion stir controversy over TEE Center Eric Johnson  Three players. Three sheets of music. When Augusta Riverfront President Paul Simon went before the Finance Committee last week to talk about the annual plan, he chided the…
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Looking West Again

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit
Augusta Regional Airport hopes to reconnect with Dallas in wake of airline merger  Eric Johnson Last week’s announcement of the $11 billion merger of American Airlines and US Airways brought a new sense of optimism in Augusta Regional Airport’s ongoing…
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Clean Sweep

Posted on February 20, 2013 by metrospirit
Quidditch tournament flies into town  Eric Johnson Get ready to see a lot of patterned scarves in town as Harry Potter fans converge on the Augusta area on March 2-3 to watch the first ever International Quidditch Association (IQA) Southern…
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