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ENTERTAINMENT MARCH 13 - 19, 2014

Female Artists Interpret the Civil Rights Movement: This month at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History featuring the artwork of Malaika Favorite (above) and Peggy Blood, Distinguisned professor at Savannah State University.

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The Lucy Craft Laney Museum continues the Celebration of African American History in March

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hile winter months are typically slow for many museums and tourist sites, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black Histor y is experiencing their busy season. Of course, the museum is most popular during Black Histor y Month. This year, however, the LCLM continues their celebration of black histor y.

As an installment of a series of programs and exhibitions dedicated to African Americans’ struggle for civil rights, the museum presents Female Artists Interpret the Civil Rights Movement. This exhibition features Augusta resident Malaika Favorite and Distinguished Professor at Savannah State University Peggy Blood. On Sunday, March 30 from 3- 5 PM, Ms. Blood will lead a gallery talk. Admission is $5.

“Koulikoro Woman” by Peggy Blood

This month’s Senior Luncheon features Dr. Mac Bowman, cardiologist for Augusta Heart Associates.

Also, Mr. Bruce Ingram, folklorist and historical re-enactor, will perform.

The luncheon is Wednesday, March 12 from 11:30AM1PM. Admission is $10.

Patrons should call to RSVP

by Monday, March 10.

The Annual Lucy Craft Laney Historian Awards takes place on Thursday, March 20th from 5PM- 8PM. This year, the museum recognizes the contributions of Phi Chi chapter of Chi Eta Phi, a nursing sorority, and Mayor Emma Gresham of Keysville, Georgia— only the second African American female to be chief

Distinguished Professor at Savannah State University Peggy Blood will lead a gallery talk on Sunday, March 30 from 3- 5 PM. Admission is $5.

elected official in Georgia.

The museum closes the month as Augusta students take on a battle of the brains. On Saturday, March 22 from 10AM- 1:30PM, the museum will host its Annual Lucy Craft Laney Quiz Bowl at the Augusta– Richmond County Library.

Teams consist of students from 6-12th grade, and represent local churches, schools, and community organizations. Admission is free and open to the public.

The museum encourages the community to help them celebrate the local and national heritage of African Americans all year long. Located in the historic Laney- Walker District, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is a non-profit, house museum dedicated to preserving the legacy of educator Lucy Craft Laney.

More information about Miss Laney, the museum, and upcoming events can be found at www.

LucyCraftLaneyMuseum.

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POLITICAL ANALYSIS

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What does failure to produce white mayoral candidate say about the racial attitudes in Augusta?

By Frederick Benjamin Sr. UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer AUGUSTA The failure of the Augusta community to field a diverse field of candidates speaks volumes about the assumptions that people, of whatever ethnic background, have about the “black vote,” the “white vote” or the “Hispanic” vote.

One of the most persistent urban myths in Augusta is that blacks and whites take their marching orders from a central committee of elites (Eg. the black political establishment and the downtown power brokers). Nothing could be further from the truth in 2014.

Black folks and white folks alike do what the hell they feel like doing and think what they want to think.

Now 35 years ago, the tone of politics in Augusta was completely different.

For one, the stakes were much higher then. Then, black political leaders and white political leaders exerted enormous influence over their respective constituencies.

Those days are gone. The sad thing is that there are whites and blacks in city government (politicians and civil servants alike) who think and feel that they are constrained by the actions of the opposite race.

Hence, comments like, “A white man

doesn’t stand a chance running for mayor in Augusta in 2014,” or “too many blacks in the mayor’s race will divide the black vote” are still common.

Could the persistence of these racial myths account for the fact that whites in Augusta did not bother to enter a candidate in the 2014 mayor’s race?

It is both likely and a sad commentary. More sad is the recent suggestion by the Augusta Chronicle editors that this next mayor’s race will be historic because it will produce the first elected African American in the new consolidated government. Whoopee! That’s nonsense. The next mayor of Augusta may be the subject of local trivia history buffs.

Having a black mayor in Augusta is no longer a big deal, but if you are looking for an historical precedent, the most obvious is that for the first time in Augusta’s 237 year history, there won’t be a white person on the ballot for mayor. How did things get to that point.

It’s a stretch to assert that the lack of a white candidate was coordinated by “white power brokers.” The suggestion that all the white folks got together and made a conscious decision not to put a white person in the race is ludicrous.

More likely, the already sparse pool

of potential candidates (to include Andy Cheek, Joe Jackson, Fred Russell, Mary Davis, and Matt Aitken) were all faked out trying to figure out what the other guy was going to do or not do.

I think it’s safe to say that all of the above candidates (assuming the fact that they were serious about running in the first place) swallowed the urban myth “hook, line and sinker.”

In every case, they succumbed to the notion that a white person would have to be crazy to get in the race and that two whites in the race would be political suicide.

They miscalculated – clear and simple.

Not having white folks in the Augusta mayor’s race is like not having any black caddies at the Masters — somethin’ just ain’t right.

Where’s the white political leadership we’ve grown to love and hate?

Whites paralyzed by the fear that blacks would go “all out” to elect the “first” black mayor certainly misread the national trend. Blacks have long gotten past the euphoria of having brown, tan, and beige faces sitting in seats of power. That went out 40 years ago. Augusta is not much different The fact that the “so-called” white political establishment may have abdicated and retreated from the field of play laboring under false information

is very possible.

There are many blacks in Augusta eager to support quality candidates of whatever race.

Those who pay for the services of “movers and shakers” who promise to deliver the “white vote” or the “black vote” must heed the old adage — a fool and his money are soon parted.

Detroit now has a white mayor after 40 years of black political dominance.

Washington D.C. has a great chance of electing a white candidate (there are two whites in the field) in its upcoming political primary for mayor.

Both of those are unique cases, but what is not unique is that urban municipalities are constantly evolving. White families who fled to the suburbs 30 years ago are still there. They will grow old and die there. However, their offspring are finding life in the urban centers more vibrant and alive.

Real estate speculators look upon decaying inner cities as opportunities for investment. Younger white professionals ­ — and just as important — blacks with higher incomes are moving back to the city. Young blacks and whites often don’t share their parents’ racial attitudes.

It’s probably safe to bet that whites failing to run for mayor of Augusta will not be a lasting trend.

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By Frederick Benjamin Sr. UrbanProWeekly Staff Writer AUGUSTA Prior to the close of qualifying period for the position of Augusta mayor, many political obervers felt certain that with so many candidates, there would certainly be a runoff. While that possibility can’t be ruled out, it is safe to say that the chances of a candidate winning without a runoff have increased with the absence of a white candidate on the ballot.

The lack of a multiracial field in a mayoral race in Augusta means that everyone will have to cash in their “race” cards for something infinitely more complex — deciding issues on their merits and backing candidates based on the “content of their character.”

Are we talking about Augusta?

While the racial dynamic won’t be in play this time around, race will be important. I think that it is safe to say that white folks will have a huge say in who becomes the next mayor of Augusta.

Here’s why. Since there is no white candidate, “white-bloc” voting will be turned off and the five black candidates, Helen Blocker Adams, Charles Cummings, State senator Hardie Davis, former Mayor pro tem Alvin Mason and educator Lori Myles will have to craft campaign messages that are designed

Three of the five mayoral candidates have political experience. They are (L-R) State senator Hardie Davis, Helen Blocker-Adams, and Augusta-Richmond Commissioner Alvin Mason. Also running are Charles Cummings and Lori Myles. to attract the uncommitted white voter. And since racial appeals won’t hold much water, the candidates will have to revert to “how they would go about” getting things done. Will they lean toward a liberal agenda or more towards the conservative mode of operating.

Candidate Helen Blocker-Adams has thrown down the gauntlet and assumed the “conservative” man-

tle even prior to qualifying with her stunning announcement that Herman Cain (Mr. 9-9-9) will make a campaign appearance on her behalf. Some had wondered about the wisdom of such a bold leap in Richmond County, perhaps the most “blue” county in the state, but Blocker-Adams has not wavered. She is convinced that those whites looking for some place to park their votes will find her an attractive candidate.

In a similar fashion, Sen. Hardie Davis may be counting on being a “less liberal” alternative. In Atlanta, he was not afraid to hobnob with some of the more conservative elements in the state.

It is likely that the remaining candidates will do everything they can to turn out the more liberal elements of Richmond County — the same voters that elected Richard Roundtree and President Barack Obama.

District 6 outcome could shift power balance in city AUGUSTA Over the past 20 years, the sprawling South Augusta District 6 has slowly attracted more black residents. Ever since the consolidation of the old City of Augusta and the county of Richmond, politicians have tinkered with the district lines in an attempt to keep the district a “safe” white district (one with greater than 60 percent white registered voters).

The current commissioner Joe Jackson can’t run again due to term limits, so a

new flock of candidates are seeking to make their mark in the district which is now a black-majority district.

Candidates who have qualified to run include Bob Finnegan, Roger Garvin, Angela Harden, Ben Hasan and Tony Lewis.

Attempts to keep the district “safe” for white politicians were derailed after Finnegan Garvin Harden Hasan Lewis the last census and redistricting effort.

District 6 is now poised to elect its first power (5 black districts and 5 white dis- That fact has not been lost on political black commissioner. If that happens tricts) that the framers of the new con- observers who view this as, perhaps, the it would upset the delicate balance of solidated government had envisioned. most important of the 2014 campaign.

In Atlanta, close of session is near ‘Slow-poke’ bill gains final OK

House backs greater regulation of Left-lane lurkers on Georgia’s highways and high school leagues

interstates are a pen-stroke away from trouble under legislation given final passage Tuesday by the Georgia Senate.

House Bill 459 would allow authorities to ticket those who lollygag in the state’s left lanes. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any driver on a divided highway who does not move to the right when a car going faster approaches from behind.

With the state House already signing off on the measure, all it needs is Gov. Nathan Deal’s signature to become law.

Senators said they were not trying to encourage speeding. But, as Senate Rules Chairman Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, said, “oftentimes drivers travel through (the left lane) as if they’re in tourist mode.”

The Senate approved HB 459, by Rep. Bill Hitchens, R-Rincon, on a 42-5 vote.

Georgia’s high school athletic leagues would have to produce annual financial documents and submit to legislative oversight under legislation approved Tuesday in the House.

Senate Bill 288, by Gov. Nathan Deal’s floor leader, Sen. Charlie Bethel, R-Dalton, passed the House 165-5. But, because it was changed in the House, the bill must now go back to the Senate.

Sponsored in the House by Rep. Chuck Martin, R-Alpharetta, the bill would ban any public school from participating in a high school athletic league unless the league produces financial records. It also would re-create a House-Senate oversight committee that has the power to review the reports and investigate irregularities.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported that the Georgia High School Association, the largest prep sports league in the state, had revenue of $4.7 million in 2013 but was not required to dis-

close how that money was raised or spent.

Moonshine bill moves ahead — for history’s sake A bill that would allow nonprofit museums to build a still and produce moonshine gained approval Tuesday in the state House.

Senate Bill 240, by Sen. Hunter Hill, R-Atlanta, was changed in the House and must now go back to the Senate. The bill is geared toward the Atlanta History Center, which wants to create a historical exhibit about the production of moonshine. A similar exhibit is in place at George Washington’s ancestral home in Virginia, Mount Vernon.

Rep. Rich Golick, R-Smyra, sponsored the bill in the House and said it would not allow the sale of moonshine, although the museum would be allowed to offer complimentary samples of a half an ounce.

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Laney Walker/Bethlehem Heritage Trail Master Plan public meeting set for March 17 AUGUSTA The public is invited to learn about the proposed master plan for the Laney Walker/ Bethlehem Heritage Trail and to provide input into the history of the area and other information that will make the future trail more meaningful.

The first of three community meetings will be held Monday, March 17 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the former Chamber of Commerce Building located in the median area of Broad Street between Sixth and Seventh Streets.

The Heritage Trail is intended to promote the prominent historical legacy of Augusta’s Laney Walker and Bethlehem neighborhoods, serve as an economic driver for heritage tourism, and provide greater connectivity between these two neighborhoods and their adjacent neighbors. The master planning effort will examine the past and present of Laney Walker/ Bethlehem through historical research and community input; determine the best possibilities for providing public access to the rich history of the area; and develop a master

plan for an interpretive trail to encourage understanding and involvement by local residents and visitors.

Development of the Heritage Trail began with a nearly a year of planning by a community-wide steering committee and resulted in a scope of work calling for: enhancing vibrancy in Augusta’s urban core through a system of pathways connecting its neighborhoods; promoting the culture and history of the area; providing for a program that would enhance recreational opportunities and artistic expression; and developing a program that would enhance tourism.

Cranston Engineering Group of Augusta was selected in the fall of 2013 to plan and program the Laney Walker/ Bethlehem Heritage Trail.

Members of the Cranston team, including noted regional historian Dr. Bobby Donaldson from the University of South Carolina, representatives from Historic Augusta, Inc., and Davis Design Group, will be present to discuss this important opportunity to plan for the future of Laney Walker/ Bethlehem.

on the steps of the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Participants were rallying against the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws. AP Photo/Phil Sears

Protesters press for changes in stand your ground law TALLAHASSEE Hundreds of marchers joined the parents of slain black teens Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin and the Rev. Al Sharpton to call Monday for changes to Florida›s stand your ground law.

Also walking from the Leon County Civic Center to the Florida Capitol less than a mile away was the family of Marissa Alexander, who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a gun in the direction of her estranged husband.

Florida law gives people who are not involved in illegal activity the right to

stand their ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if they reasonably believe it’s necessary to avoid death or great bodily harm.

“It’s a flawed law because you don’t need an actual threat,” Sharpton said. “All you’ve got to do is believe a threat and you can use deadly force.”

Those looking for change have been adamant that self-defense laws have been used against minorities disproportionately. They believe that force should be used only after all other options have been exhausted.

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PAINE COLLEGE LIONS PITCHER ADAM MARTIN (center), a freshman student from Silver Bluff High School, congratulates his teammates after a victory over Morehouse College at the Lions Field on Sunday, March 9. The Lions crushed the Maroon Tigers 9-4. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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AUGUSTA The little machine about the size of a sticky note pad that sits just beneath the surface of Gary Couse’s underarm area and the thin wire connected to it could deliver the life-saving jolt he needs to keep his heart beating.

Georgia Regents Medical Center is first in the region and just the second hospital in Georgia to use the Boston Scientific S-ICD® System, a subcutaneous implantable defibrillator, for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest.

“When the heart goes into a dangerous rhythm, the S-ICD System delivers a jolt similar to that of an external defibrillator,” said Dr. Robert Sorrentino, Director of the Georgia Regents Heart Rhythm Center. “This shocks the heart back

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into a normal rhythm, restoring proper blood flow to the brain, lungs and other organs, saving the patient’s life.”

A heart attack in November put Couse, of Swainsboro, at increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest.

“I had plans to hike the Appalachian Trail,” said the active 72-year-old who enjoys backpacking, biking, skiing and just about anything he can do outdoors. “I hiked the trail about 10 years ago in just under five months, and I was really looking forward to doing it again.”

But after speaking with his doctors, Couse began to realize that the exertion of the trail could spell disaster. His wife Marilyn and his daughter – a nurse – told him that he needed to forego the hike and

take care of his heart. So instead of packing his gear for the trail, he packed his clothes for an overnight hospital stay to have an S-ICD System placed.

“What distinguishes the S-ICD from other implantable defibrillators is that it doesn’t touch the heart. So, it’s a less invasive device as far as the heart is concerned,” said Sorrentino. “The leads are often the weak link in defibrillator and pacemaker technology. They’ve been known to fracture, disconnect from the heart and develop other problems that can lead to loss of function or to unnecessary shocks.

But this new device decreases those dangers for patients.”

In addition, the S-ICD System can be implanted using only anatomical landmarks, meaning X-ray position-

ing is not needed for this type of implant, thereby eliminating radiation exposure for both patients and physicians.

Getting a device that is compatible with his active lifestyle was welcome news for the retired manufacturing manager who plans to ride his bike a couple of hundred miles between events in Swainsboro and Savannah this year.

“It’s very high-tech,” said Couse.

“The cardiology team here had my best interests at heart.”

The S-ICD System has been commercially available in Europe and New Zealand since 2009, and the device received FDA approval in the U.S. in late 2012. To date, just over 2,000 of these devices have been implanted in patients around the world.

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White Man March against diversity

By Anna Merlan The Village Voice NEW YORK This coming Saturday, March 15, in a bunch of cities worldwide, disgruntled white supremacists will take to the streets, bearing banners that read “DIVERSITY” = WHITE GENOCIDE in very big red letters. The White Man March aims to be a large display of “coordinated pro-white activity,” timed to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day and meant to express these white folks’ displeasure with how “white countries” are being over-run with, you know, non-whites and Jews and such.

There’s only one hitch. The organizer of the White Man March is Kyle Hunt, a 30-year-old guy who hails from a very small town in Massachusetts, near Cape Cod. Hunt understands that in the United States, white nationalists don’t really have the numbers to pull off an impressive-looking march. Past white supremacist protests have ended up, in his words, “looking like a circus.”

He’s also fearful that the police or “anti-fascist” protesters might show up to try to disrupt the WMM festivities. So in New York and other big U.S. cities, the White Man Marchers are planning a very quiet flash mob, which they hope none of us will hear about ahead of time.

Hunt is one of the hosts of Renegade Broadcasting, an online radio station for people who are concerned with the “destruction of the white race.” A graduate of Amherst College with a double major in psychology and theater and dance, Hunt hails originally from Mashpee, Massachusetts and claims to have worked as a recruiter

[March participants are asked] not to wear “paramilitary uniforms,” Nazi outfits or Klan robes; Instead, “if you are a man, put on a pair of light khakis and a nice dress shirt. It should almost look like you are a groomsman at a wedding. Or maybe like an avenging Aryan angel. Women, you know how to look great in white.” for Google and founded several startups in Silicon Valley before moving back to the East Coast and going white power full-time. He goes by “Kaiser Kyle” on YouTube and “Nyte Hulk” on Alternative Social, a prowhite answer to MySpace that he founded a few years back.

Heartened by what he sees as the advancement of the “pro-white” philosophy through the internet, Hunt decided a few months ago that it’s time to take his message offline. That message is, in a nutshell, that white people are being “mocked, displaced and violently attacked” through an insidious liberal idea known as “diversity.”

“This “diversity” agenda is being directed at white countries (and only at white countries) with various programs to ensure that there are less white people at schools and in the work force, which is unfair and discriminatory,” Hunt writes, “taking away money and opportunities from the White citizens.”

Hunt believes that plenty of white folks are receptive to this message, and that St. Patrick’s Day, with its celebration of Irish culture, is an ideal time to sow the seeds. There are reportedly demonstrations planned in a bunch of American cities, as well as London and Slovakia. (There’s a

“training exercise” video here that shows a white supremacist demonstrator, a British one, judging by his accent, doing a dry run outside the British Embassy in Slovakia.)

“We are now in a position to make a serious statement to the anti-Whites,” Hunt wrote on the WMM homepage.

“That is why we need to be on a consistent message and execute our plans with power and precision. We can learn from the failures and successes of the past so as to use our energy effectively.”

Using one’s energy effectively, in this case, means that the pro-white activists don’t want to spend a lot of time tangling with the police, the media, or anyone who isn’t a prowhite activist. It also seems to mean that Hunt doesn’t want anyone coming off looking stupid. He’s urging everyone involved in WMM not to wear “paramilitary uniforms,” Nazi outfits or Klan robes, and suggests a nice summery wedding look instead: If you are a man, put on a pair of light khakis and a nice dress shirt.

It should almost look like you are a groomsman at a wedding. Or maybe like an avenging Aryan angel. Women, you know how to look great in white.

You could also wear sunglasses.

Ancient warriors knew that a mask covering the eyes offers protection,

but also provides the wearer with extra confidence. Sunglasses can intimidate others who cannot see your eyes, while making you seem cool and collected. This look is good if there might be hostile crowds On a recent episode of White Rabbit Radio, yet another white supremacist podcast, Hunt urged White Man Marchers to organize in small groups.

On Saturday, he wants them to put up their banners quickly, take some photos, and leave before anyone starts trouble.

“If you show up at a place where the press is already there, you’ve got police, you’ve got the anti-fascists, I’d say take your people and go somewhere else,” Hunt told White Rabbit’s host, a guy who calls himself Horus the Avenger (the Southern Poverty Law Center says Horus’s real name is Timothy Murdock, a 43-year-old Michigan guy who lives in his mom’s basement.)

Ultimately, Hunt told Murdock, “I’m not looking for any big confrontations on this day. I don’t think that’s the goal.” And despite the White Man March’s name, he doesn’t want anyone calling it a “march” or a “protest.”

“We’re not advocating the planned marches that I don’t think have been very successful in the past,” he said.

“You’ve got people in uniforms, they’re holding shields and all the rest. It almost - it becomes something of a circus. And unless you have a lot of people out there marching, it doesn’t look good for our cause, in my opinion.” Instead, he says, it’s better to fly under the radar: “If there aren’t any opposition forces there, we’ll be the ones with all of the media. And we’ll select out the pieces of media that make us look the best.”

Private prisons play role in the creation of a permanent underclass

By Julia Meszaros “Prison ain’t the place to find your right of passage in, it’s slavery, with nasty food in your abdomen.”

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nfortunately, for increasing numbers of teenage African American and Latino males, prison is becoming a rite of passage and their presence in juvenile detention facilities has become more and more profitable.

Nearly forty percent of American juvenile detention facilities are private and in Florida, it is 100 percent. Increasingly, financially strapped states hire private prison corporations to run their incarceration facilities in order to gain a large financial payout.

This seemingly ‘logical’ financial move by states to outsource their incarceration to private companies makes imprisonment a newly booming business.

At the same time that states are pouring more money into incarceration, they are slashing their educational budgets. The concurrent defunding of public education and the privatizing of juvenile detention facilities is creating a school to prison pipeline that is heavily racialized and gendered.

While the government’s goal for incarcerating people is to ‘rehabilitate’ them into becoming productive members of society, private prison companies’ goals for incarcerating people is to make profits through keeping prison beds filled (thus, the private companies require states to meet a certain quota of prisoners).

At the same time that states are pouring more money into incarceration, they are slashing their educational budgets. The concurrent defunding of public education and the privatizing of juvenile detention facilities is creating a school to prison pipeline that is heavily racialized and gendered.

The “school-to-prison pipeline” highlights the racial inequalities associated with incarceration and educational opportunities within the U.S. Most of the students targeted for disciplinary action at public schools are male, African American, Latino, low-income, or disabled. Disabled African American students are suspended at three times the rate of their disabled white peers. One in three African American men will spend time incarcerated, and one in seven Latino men.

The massive public school closures occurring in urban centers like Chicago and Oakland are leav-

ing thousands of children without an option for education, pushing them towards the privatized juvenile facility beds.

Teaching at a public university in Miami-Dade county has opened my eyes to the ways in which urban public schools have largely become prisons: my students would tell me about armed police, metal detectors, metal bar doors that would lock students inside, and feeling threatened enough to carry weapons to school.

This ‘conditioning’ of lower income and minority students to prison-like conditions in their educational setting makes it an easier ‘transition’ for when they do eventually end up in some form of correctional facility.

Noam Chomsky calls the War on Drugs and massive incarceration of nonviolent offenders the rich man’s counterinsurgency.

Many people argue that private prisons are more cost effective than state Continued on next page

Private prisons from page 14 However, as the Yale study pointed out, prisons are definitely not more cost-effective than education in preventing criminality. Despite all this evidence that private prisons, and incarceration in general, do not produce the most cost effective ways to manage crime within our society, we continue on this expensive and unjust path. This is because these policies are enacted in order to create a permanent underclass within American society that is racialized and classed.

The fact that nearly 10 percent of teenage youth in detention facilities are abused is horrifying enough, but we often forget how damaging a criminal record is once people are released

PUBLIC NOTICE AUGUSTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY (ARTS) AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTS 2035 LRTP AND FY 14-17 TIP The public is invited to review and comment on the following amendments to the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan and the FY 2014 - 2017 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and for the Augusta Regional Transportation Study (ARTS).

• Deans Bridge Road Improvements (Add to LRTP Only) – This project would construct a raised median, bicycle lanes and upgraded sidewalks along Deans Bridge Road between Gordon Highway and Milledgeville Road • Bergen Road Tunnel – Add $552,600 to the FY 14-17 TIP to construct a tunnel under Bergen Road (S-2183) for the North Augusta Greeneway.

• Windsor Spring Road, Phase IV – Add $25,000 for preliminary engineering, and $1,975,000 for utility relocation, to the FY 14-17 TIP for this road widening project.

• Wheeler Rd. @ Robert C. Daniel Pkwy. intersection; Wheeler Rd. from I-20 to Augusta West Parkway; Barton Chapel Rd. @ Gordon Highway intersection; and Willis Foreman Rd. from Deans Bridge Rd. to Peach Orchard Rd – Delete preliminary engineering funds totaling $1,975,000 for these four projects. Funds shifted to utility relocation for the Windsor Spring Road, Phase IV widening project.

The amendments will be available from March 13, 2014 – April 14, 2014 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., Monday - Friday at the following locations: • In Richmond County – Augusta Planning and Development Department, 525 Telfair Street, Augusta, Georgia (706) 8211796.

• In Columbia County - Columbia County Development Services Division, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive, Building A, Evans, Georgia (706) 868-3420 • In Aiken County - Aiken County Planning and Development, Suite 130, Kalmia Plaza, 1680 Richland Avenue West, Aiken, South Carolina (803) 642-1520.

• The amendments can also be viewed on the Augusta, Georgia website at: http://www.augustaga.gov/ Persons with special needs related to handicapped accessibility or foreign language should contact the Augusta Planning and Development Department at (706) 821-1796 for assistance.

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back into society.

In a number of states, felons cannot vote, and this law continues the tradition of racist voter suppression laws in a much more covert manner.

In this way, the urban underclass created through the school-prison pipeline is largely left out of politics and making real changes to the current incarceration systems that oppress them.

As mentioned earlier, rates of recidivism in private juvenile facilities are significantly higher than rates for state run facilities and hovers around forty percent. The vicious cycle of incarceration and recidivism is largely due to the way in which our society treats released prisoners.

Many have a hard time finding employment once they are released because of their criminal records and often end up right back where they started. In this way, we are creating a permanent underclass that remains uneducated, unemployable, and that eventually becomes disenfranchised, both legally and intellectually, from the political system. And the face of this member of the permanent underclass is overwhelmingly black or brown and male Julia Meszaros is a doctoral candidate at Florida International University in the Global Sociocultural Studies Department.

Important Information from the Richmond County Board of Elections to All Voters in Augusta-Richmond County This notice contains important information regarding the upcoming May 20, 2014 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election. Please be aware of the following: • The date of the General Primary has changed and will be held on May 20, 2014.

• The date of the General Nonpartisan Election has changed and will be held on May 20, 2014. The offices of Augusta Commission and Mayor of Augusta will be on the General Nonpartisan Election ballot.

• Some voters in Richmond County were affected by a recent change in their Election Day polling place location.

If you are one of the voters affected, you will soon receive a notice in the mail from the Board of Elections informing you of the location of your new Election Day polling place. These changes will go into effect beginning with the May 20, 2014 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election.

• If you don’t know where you vote or the name and/or address under which you are registered, you may access your information at the Richmond County Board of Elections’ Website at www.augustaga.gov/boe . Click on “Voting Information” to find out if you are registered, from what name/address you are registered, the location of your Election Day polling location, the locations of the Advance Voting Sites in Richmond County, sample ballots, and more.

• The Voter Registration Deadline for the May 20, 2014 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election is April 21, 2014.

• For the May 20, 2014 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election, voting by mail will begin on Friday, April 4, 2014 and Advance Voting will begin on Monday, April 28, 2014 Please remember, it is your responsibility to make sure that the information on file for you is accurate and up to date. Please feel free to contact our office at 706 821-2340 or visit our Website at www.augusta.ga.gov/boe for more information.

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run prisons and provide financial savings to taxpayers. This mythos of cost effectiveness has been debunked by a recent Yale economic study.

While private prisons do have lower costs on average per prisoner, the high increased rates of recidivism after release from a private prison makes it actually more costly in the long term.

There have been reports of increased physical and sexual abuse occurring in private prisons. The U.S. Department of Justice released a report that states 9.5 percent of juveniles in detention facilities are subject to sexual abuse.

Instead of educating children in low income urban areas, our society decides it is a better investment for taxpayers to incarcerate them.

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Augustan finishes college career in stellar fashion

RICARDO GLENN Six-foot-eight, center, Ricardo Glenn has concluded a stellar collegiate career while earning 12 double-doubles this year, the most in the Atlantic Sun Athletic Conference.

Glenn also led the conference in rebounding with eight per contest and scored 1,248 points and averaged 7 rebounds in his career as center for the Carolina Upstate Spartans.

Glen was among the team leaders as the Spartans made it to the Conference Championship game in Macon last weekend. Glenn scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 78-75 double-overtime loss to the Bears.

Shawn Bradley, one of Glenn’s Academy of Richmond County basketball coaches had nothing but praise for his former charge.

“Ricardo’s has become a real man and that is the gratifying part.

For me to see him at this point is special. Earning double-doubles reflect his ability to establish himself on both ends of the court,” Bradley said.

South Carolina-Upstate men’s basketball center Ricardo Glenn is joined by his sister Rickquel, father (Ricardo, Sr.) and mother Cherise during USC-Upstate’s “Senior Night” Feb. 28 at Spartanburg, South Carolina. Glenn, an Academy of Richmond County graduate, was named a top performer by the Atlantic Sun Conference during the regular season and the tournament this season. Photo courtesy of Anthony Hooker

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