I'm certainly not for more taxes but we had sure as hell better come up with more money locally or divert funds from asanine projects and get our Sheriff's office properly funded. The RCSO is undermanned, is using outdated equipment, and needs to have proper pay for their employees in order to keep the good officers and attract great recruits. The violent crimes in the entire CSRA are ridiculous. Although, with limited man power the department is doing a great job of aprehending the criminals after the acts, along with the help of the public, we desprately need more officers on the streets, working with the public and increase our community and pro-active policing. The Richmond County commissoners need to get their heads out of the sand and SOLVE these crime issues by properly funding the Sheriff's Office because without Public Safety, nothing else really matters...Downtown will never revitalize itself, South Augusta will not have new businesses come in to the area and West Augusta will continue to loose a lot of its good tax base to Columbia County. Spend the money now or it will cost us a great deal in the very near future.
