American Recovery Plan funds to go toward Riverwalk repairs
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McDowell is not doing his job. Time for a break.
By the looks of his performance and
Augusta’s standards, he should be up for
a promotion and a big raise.
Maybe he can get a severance package and move to a different department as a supervisor…
Commissioner should visit Riverwalk at night, lighting was poor for years, until prep work for the 2022 Master’s, raised American flag at night is still not lighted.
Where was Hardie? McDowell is a disaster and clearly not up to the task. His department could use a good audit too.
I have long advocated the use of contractors to perform the county’s maintenance and provide routine county services. The fault in my position is that the county has no supervisors and directors who are competent to establish bid specifications and quality standards, evaluate bids, negotiate with bidders, award contracts, and then verify compliant performance of the contract. No lessons learned after construction of the Walton Way law enforcement center.
I there one person in any county department who is certified in project management? SRS contractors and other corporations almost make such certifications a condition of employment or advancement. https://www.pmi.org/
Wasn’t the previous director forced out? Someone remind me of those circumstances if you remember. I seem to recall that it appeared he was drummed out to make room for a black director.
Why have they not fired the guy? Bring in someone confident and skilled to get our parks and cemeteries in shape. They should also investigate where all the funding went and what it was used for.
This McDowell fella should get a job with the Biden administration because of his lack of critical thinking skills and ability to analyze a problem and form potential solutions. He is incompetent and anyone who does not support his firing should lose their position.
Is he related to anyone in the Marble Palace?
The consolidation of city and county was short sighted in trying to appease the factions governing at the time. From their past voting, it is plain to see that if the mayor had been attending, someone would have abstained, and the vote would have failed anyway.
Deadlock is probably good in some cases, but this seems to be standard practice. The consolidation format needs to be improved, and only our state lawmakers have the authority (from us, the voters) and the ability to take positive action. Augusta’s future is stagnant, and the time to act is past due.
RIVERWALK repairs is welcome but hope they also correct misspelled street names in the walkway…11th St is not Knollock St it is Kollock.