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¢ Pictured at right: Senator
" Walker greets Nicole
. Johnson, Tameka Morris,
Lekisha Johnson, Latrice
Burls and Pamela Daughtry
at the BL's community open
house Wednesday evening.
i Over 600 people attended
. the celebration of the new
, restaurant.
Comptroller
‘From page one
i City Councilman Gerald
i Woods, who heads a special fi
' nance subcommittee assigned to
i trim the city’s spending, said,
| “We’ll proceed as planned.”
i Mr. Woods said city officials
: will “come up with an alterna
i tive” to handle Mrs. Epperson’s
: duties. Because of impending
iconsolidation, he recommends
i bringing in someone on a con
i tractual basis until a more per
“manent decision is made
Such an arrangement, Mr.
~Woods said, could possibly cost
' the city more than Mrs.
- Epperson’s salary of $44,134.
' Acting City Administrator
Charles Dillard said the city
should “carry on” without Mrs.
" Epperson.
“Thetiming of her resignation
~was bad considering we’re try
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Radio Active awards local disc
jockey and musician
Radio Active Music announced last Friday the winners of its
customer poli for best disc jockey and favorite local musician.
Pictured here are (from left) Rufus Britt, aka “The Mighty Pea
nut”, voted favorite disc jockey; Robert A. Gray, owner of
Radio Active; and Roger Envoldsen, voted favorite musician.
Peanut is a DJ at Foxie 103 and the master of ceremonies at
many local concerts. Envoldsen plays clubs and parties all
over the CSRA. Congratulations to both gentlemen.
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said, “but the city won't be lack
ing in leadership.”
Councilwoman Carolyn Usry
said she would prefer to have the
present staff operate the city’s
finarices until there is a perma
nent replacement.
Mrs. Epperson, who had served
nearly five years as the city’s
chief financial officer, said she is
willing to help during the transi
tion.
She said she felt she had to
resign because of Mr. DeVaney’s
public attacks against her profes
sionalism and competence, which
created an environment of mis
trust.
“Iknow I’m never going to win a
toe-to-toe battle with a politician,”
she said. “I didn’t want it to get
down to a finger pointing match
with the mayor, but what he said
(ina March 18 Augusta Chronicle
article) was the final blow.”
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Consolidation
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contenders that have been good
representatives.”
Councilman Melvin Ford said
he will probably run for his dis
trict’s seat.
“I can’t say positively because
there is so much to consider,” he
said.
He continued, “There will be a
lot of people fighting forthe same
seats. Right now, it’s just a dog
eat-dog situation.”
Commissioners Jerry Brigham
and Larry Sconyers said they
are not concerned with who they
will have to beat to hold on to a
position.
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thought about it really, but T'll
probably run. My decision won't
be based on who the competition
is.”
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tition doesn’t bother me.”
The amount of time that serv
ing under consolidation would
demand is a factor for Ms. Usry.
Although she has not yet made
up hermind, Ms. Usry said sheiis
going to “give it a lot of thought”
and is“leaning more toward run
ning.”
Ms. Usry, who now works about
20 hours a week on city business,
said, “I think it will be a time
element. For the first year, it
will be a full-time job of about 50
to 60 hours a week.”
Mr. Paine, who now spends
about five hours a week on city
business, said he does not expect
the new government to require
that much of an official’s time.
Mr. Paine said he intends to
stay active, but he is “still watch
ing the whole situation.
“It depends on the amount of
time, commitment and money
needed,” he said. “I wouldn't
want to spend a huge amount on
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Tournament fails to
benefit black community
By Rhonda Y. Maree
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
On an HBO special that airs
the first week in April, two local
black leaders expose the dark
side of the celebrated Masters
Golf Tournament and the exclu
sive Augusta National Golf club.
NAACP President Dennis Wil
liams and the Rev. Robert L.
Oliver recently did interviews
with a correspondent from the
sports show.
“Idon’treally think the show is
going to make a difference, but it
tells a story that needs to be told
without fear,” the Rev. Oliver
said. “It should’ve been told 30
years ago.”
The Rev. Oliver and Mr. Will
iams nationally attack the 59-
year-old event thatsgives a
healthy boost to Augusta’s econ
omy each year for its failure to
benefit the black community.
“Not a dime from the Masters
helps to uplift the black commu
nity,” the Rev. Oliver said.
With about 333,000 visitors,
last year’s Masters generated
about $l5O million for Augusta,
according to the Augusta-Rich
mond County Convention and
Visitors Center.
For the most part, black Au
gustans do not share in this
wealth.
“Forblacks, the Masters means
an opportunity to make a little
extra money, but for the white
a campaign.”
Ms. Armstrong gave a firm
“yes” to her plans for seeking re
election.
Councilman Oscar Baker said
unless the boundaries are re
drawn, he will definitely not run.
Mr. Beard and Commissioner
Freddie Handy both said to ask
March 30, 1995
community it means big bucks,”
Mr. Williams said.
“As far as I know, our minority
businesses do not really benefit,”
Mr. Williams said. “There are
some caterers and one or two
blacks with houses in the right
neighborhood who can rent them
out for the week.”
The NAACP solicited funds
from Augusta National in the
past, but was told in a letter that
there was no money available.
“That was simply their way of
telling us they are not interested
in helping any activities we
have,” Mr. Williams said.
According to an article in the
April issue of Golf Digest enti
tled “Is Augusta heaven or hell?”
Augusta National donates only
what it terms “modest” amounts
of its tournament proceeds to
charity.
The article reads, “The rest,
presumably, goes to defray club
expenses for Augusta members.”
Until recently, there were no
black members.
With a lottery system that
makes it difficult for nearly any
one to get tickets, not many
blacks attend the Masters.
“I think the Masters was de
signed to keep black folks out,”
The Rev. Oliver said.
The Golf Digest article echoes
this thought, branding the tour
nament “an elitist’s concept exe
cuted by elitists for the pleasure
of elitists.”
them of their plans after June
20, the scheduled date for a ref
erendum.
Augusta Focuswasunabletoreach
ather commissioners and Council
members at press time.
Mayor Charles DeVaney said ear
lier this month he will seek the top
post of the merged government '
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