Listen to the actual phone call here: As allegations of perhaps improperly profiting from contracts that collected taxes for Harlem and Grovetown began to mount against Columbia County Tax Commissioner Kay Allen this week, a window into one former county employee’s life working for this powerful constitutional officer has swung open. After 15 years […]
If you live in Columbia County, you’ve probably driven past it a time or two. The huge horse farm on Hereford Farm Road directly across from Evans Middle School and the Columbia County Board of Education building. With its winding wood fences and handful of horses galloping around in big open fields, the farm looks […]
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners decided late last week that it had waited as long as possible for Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal or federal law enforcement officials to take action regarding the allegations against Tax Commissioner Kay Allen. It was time for commissioners to act. During a special called meeting on Feb. 21, Columbia […]
Tax Commissioner Kay Allen and her husband, District 3 Columbia County Commissioner Charles Allen, are no longer a political powerhouse. In a deal negotiated behind closed doors with the Columbia County Board of Commissioners, the Allens both agreed to resign from their positions effective immediately. For months, allegations that Kay Allen improperly profited from tax […]
Within the Augusta area there are more than 2,000 nonprofit organizations and charities serving the citizens of this region. That is more charities and nonprofits per capita than almost any other city in the country. Over the next several months, the Metro Spirit will embark on a series of stories looking into local charities and nonprofits […]
The success of Frog Hollow Tavern and Farmhaus Burger have cemented Sean Wight’s reputation in Augusta, and especially downtown, as a great chef able to come up with inventive restaurant concepts. The third in his ever-expanding empire is just as inventive, although the restaurant and the bar have equal value. “It’s more of a bar […]