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Some stories don't make headlines, but they do make news. Augusta Chronicle columnist Sylvia Cooper shares every Sunday some of the things she's heard on the politics, pitfalls and possibilities of life in our town.
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Latest Column
Here's a vote to streamline political promises
Web-posted 11/01/09
Well, I guess it's sort of my duty to write about Tuesday's election, although I'm just about sick of it, even though it might be the most important thing that happens in Augusta this year.
Previous Columns
Tarver worries high-profile vacancies put MCG at risk
Web-posted 10/25/09
The resignations of Don Snell, the president and chief executive officer of MCG Health Inc.; and Don Leebern, the chairman of the MCG Health Inc. board, signal big changes in medical college and hospital governance in Augusta, according to insiders and local elected officials.
Chronic nuisance ordinance becomes chronic refrain
Web-posted 10/11/09
The political pulse of Augusta quickened a little last week, as candidates for city commission and school board seats in the Nov. 3 election expounded on issues such as crime, race relations and, of course, the trade, exhibit and event center.
Beard incredulous over investigation
Web-posted 10/04/09
Augusta Commissioner Betty Beard can't believe the FBI is investigating her for asking a developer to write a check for $20,000 to pay for a gastric bypass that probably saved the life of a city employee.
Beard details role in $25,000 donation, surgery
Web-posted 09/20/09
The big whoop in Augusta politics last week was over a $25,000 donation -- some call it a bribe -- that a developer who wanted to renovate the Maxwell House Apartments downtown made to the city five years ago.
You can't make up Augusta politics
Web-posted 09/13/09
Last week takes the cake for bizarre news in the Augusta area. Popular and well-respected businessman Jay Weinberger kills himself during a police chase in Putnam County, hauling a stolen concessions trailer; attorney David Fry is arrested for trying to bribe city Commissioners Alvin Mason and Corey Johnson to vote for the trade, exhibit and event center; and a 90-year-old Saluda, S.C., man is buried in his 1972 Pontiac Catalina, the latter giving us the ...
Commissioners go to sheriff over bribe
Web-posted 09/06/09
The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing. You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
Hotel tax bruised in TEE Center battles
Web-posted 08/23/09
Sister June called from Virginia last week to say she read last Sunday's column and thought the photo was much better than the last City Ink photo but that she didn't really understand the political stuff that much. She said I should write more about Ernie and the dogs.
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