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Editorial: It is time to end the era of playground politics

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Many years ago, the Augusta Commission tossed out the arcane “gentlemen’s agreement” that stated if the mayor was White, then the mayor pro tem would be Black and vice versa.

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The election of Joe Bowles to the position when Deke Copenhaver was mayor put an end to that so-called...

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  1. Will some of these commissioners ever learn to judge people by their character and not their color? My parents taught me this a long time ago. This has been a real problem in Richmond County. When I vote, I always look at a person’s character not what color they are.

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