🌺 UNDER THE AZALEAS 🌺 – The Gerontocracy Showed Up, and Augusta Got the Government It Rewards
Last week’s Richmond County electorate was older than the county itself, and that imbalance explains more than the results. It explains the budget, the property-tax fight, the charter failure, and why younger residents no longer believe voting changes the machine.
The Machine Will Serve Its Master
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI is also a warning about power. Augusta shows the local machinery: taxes, governance, wealth, labor, race, and public systems that serve the masters who built them.
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South Carolina’s Expanded Red Snapper Season Paused After Federal Court Order
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorCharleston, SC – South Carolina recreational anglers were preparing for something they had not seen in years: a longer window to catch red snapper in federal waters. Instead, the expanded season is now on hold. According to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, a recent federal court order has […]