Sepia political-cartoon engraving of older Richmond County homeowners controlling a turnout lever while workers prop up a crumbling Augusta government building.

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🌺 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

05/25/2026

Illustrated Augusta election results graphic showing the Augusta Municipal Building, voters, ballot boxes for mayor, District 8 Commission and courts, with mayor and District 8 marked for June 16 runoff and courts marked decided.

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Johnson, Kendrick Head to Runoff as Wright Wins Contested Superior Court Rac

Mayor Garnett Johnson led Augusta’s four-candidate mayoral race but fell short of a majority, sending him to a June 16 runoff against Steven Kendrick. Augusta

05/20/2026

Sepia political-cartoon engraving of Augusta voters walking past a broken racial district fortress toward a ballot box, with civic burdens labeled wages, housing, services and drainage.

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Alito Broke the Voting Rights Act. Augusta Should Break the Racial Box.

The Supreme Court has turned Section 2 into a dead letter. Augusta should not respond by defending a 1996 racial-balance system that too often protected

05/10/2026

Sepia 19th-century political-cartoon engraving showing Augusta voters choosing among indirect routes toward city government, with a map and ballot-board metaphor.

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Augusta’s Mayor Race Has Four Candidates. It Still Has Not Produced Four Choices.

Augusta’s four mayoral candidates are not identical. But the race still asks voters to translate broad promises into likely governing action — and then vote

05/04/2026

19th century style political cartoon illustrating the fight over Augusta’s future in the May 2026 mayoral, judicial and commission races

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Augusta’s May Election Is About More Than the Mayor’s Office

by Charles Rollins, Publisher Augusta’s May 19 nonpartisan election is broader and more consequential than a simple mayoral rematch. Alongside the four-way mayor’s race, voters

04/16/2026

A period-style editorial caricature of the article’s central argument: both parties contest the banner, while the structure beneath them keeps feeding capital and calling the result relief.

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Tax Day in Augusta: What the Affordability Debate Refuses to See

Why the latest tax cuts feel small, why the pressure remains, and why race belongs in the center of the story rather than the margins

04/15/2026

Political cartoon illustrating Augusta charter review stalled process, Guest Op-Ed by Gayla Keesee League of Women Voters

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Special Guest Op-Ed from Gayla Keesee of the League of Women Voters: Augusta’s Charter Effort Stalled — What Happened and Where We Go From Here

Guest Editorial by Galya Keesee, Ph.D. – Co-President, League of Women Voters of the CSRA Georgia lawmakers worked into the final hours of the legislative

04/07/2026

19th century political cartoon showing Augusta charter reform being destroyed by political interests at the Georgia General Assembly

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🌺 UNDER THE AZALEAS 🌺 – Who Killed Augusta’s Charter? A Reform Effort Dies Under Political Pressure

by Simone Raines After months of work and a promise to keep politics out of the process, Augusta’s charter reform effort ended not with a

04/07/2026

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Augusta Is One Body: How Division Still Shapes the City

Deaconess Ruth Byllesby’s work in Augusta’s Harrisburg neighborhood offers a model of unity in a city shaped by division. by Charles Rollins – Publisher On

03/31/2026

Graphic criticizing the collapse of Augusta’s charter review process, citing political interference, lack of transparency, and concerns over a 2026 referendum tied to the mayor’s reelection campaign

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🌺 UNDER THE AZALEAS 🌺 – The Charter Wasn’t Just Rushed—It Was Reclaimed

Notes from Inside Augusta’s Political Garden Wait, wait, wait, I thought we were keeping politics out of this… By Simone Raines Augusta, GA – If

03/24/2026

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