Commission rhetoric hits new low at meeting | The Augusta Chronicle

Augusta Commission members could well take a page out of GRU President Ricardo Azziz’s book and hire a media consultant to help improve their image.

On the other hand, it might be too late. A cheaper solution would be to just take a slow boat to China.

Commission rhetoric hit a new low at the most recent regular meeting. It all started when commissioners Joe Jackson, Don­nie Smith, Grady Smith and Wayne Guilfoyle blocked a request from CSRA Business League Pres­i­dent Ellis Allbright to meet with Administrator Fred Russell to discuss a proposed contract.

The league wants to help administer the city’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program for about $175,000. The opposing commissioners contend the city is already paying people to do that job and see no reason to pay other folks to do it too.

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