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Briana Bunkley performs during “Black Nativity”, a holiday gospel celebration, during a presentation at the Kroc Center. Bunkley played the role of “Mary” in this adaptation of the gospel play written by Langston Hughes. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

Sheila D. Wheat (center) gives some praise in a church scene in “Black Nativity.” The musical play is an adaptation of the original gospel play written by Langston Hughes. Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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Fred Russell for mayor?Fired city administrator expected to run

By Frederick BenjaminUrbanProWeekly Staff Writer

AUGUSTAIf Augusta’s beleaguered city

administrator is tired of city government, he has a funny way of showing it. Earlier in the month, following the unexpected vote of no-confi-dence which cost him his job, Fred Russell said he was going fishing. We now suspect that what he will actually be doing is fishing for votes and hard cash to fuel his run for mayor.

Is this for real? Well placed sources close

to Russell say that it’s going to happen. And while an offi-cial announcement has yet to be made, the word on the street is that Russell would very much like to make the move across the hall to the mayor’s office.

Much has been made of Russell’s “political” acumen as demonstrated by his ability to “bob and weave” in his battles with individual commission-ers. But does the administra-tor with a penchant for leaving nothing to chance, have the stomach for a down-and-dirty battle in the trenches where nothing is for sure and where “running scared” is the rule of the day.

Can Russell pull off the tran-sition from political infighter to elected official? For his part, Russell may likely quote a line from poet Bob Dylan, “you don’t have to be a weather-man to know which way the wind blows.”

Still, for Russell to throw his hat in the ring for mayor is at once absurd and brilliant.

It’s absurd because it is a great big leap into the unknown for

POLITICAL ANALYSIS

Augusta Mayor

Helen Blocker AdamsAndy Cheek *Hardie DavisAlvin MasonFred Russell *

State Senate District 22

Elmyria ChiversCorey JohnsonHarold Jones *

Augusta Commission District 2

Dennis Williams

Augusta Commission District 4

Rev. Melvin IveySammie Sias

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Richmond CountySchool Board Dist. 2

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Russell. One is prompted to ask “Why would Fred Russell want to take step down in power and influence?”

As a full-time administra-tor with a staff and a budget, there was never a need to merely act and hope. Russell has been used to merely craft-ing his strategy and then sell-ing it to unwary commission-ers, the majority of whom would swallow his fixes “hook line and sinker.”

But as a candidate – a “celebrity” candidate at that, – Russell must step back into citizen mode and convince a wary and weary public that he

knows what is best for the city of Augusta. That’s a tall order for a city employee who was bounced precisely because “the city wanted to move into a different direction.”

While Russell was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the city, he was playing with “house” money. For years, his wrong decisions, held no per-sonal repercussions until just recently.

As a candidate, Russell will discover that those who were eager to return his phone call as city administrator, might not be inclined to find time for him in his new role as

candidate.On the other hand, Russell’s

planned candidacy is brilliant if for no other reason that, as a white candidate, he might have picked the right race at the right time.

Due to Augusta’s racial myo-pia, a lone white candidate in a field crowded with black candidates has a decided advantage when it comes to making the runoff election should one be necessary. In addition, Russell has enjoyed nearly ten years of high pro-file media attention on some-body else’s dime.

Russell has been able to surf

on a wave of public indigna-tion over the manner in which he was bounced. Shortly after his firing, sentiment appeared to be evenly divided between negative marks for Russell and negative marks for his “judges” on the commission.

If prospective mayoral can-didates suspect that Russell will receive encouragement and cash from the city’s downtown power brokers, they may leave the path clear for him.

Can a Fred Russell candi-dacy for mayor be taken seri-ously? A good place to inquire would be 933 Broad Street.

City administrator Fred Russell: Can he start ‘fishing” for votes and campaign cash. Photo by Vincemt Hobbs

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Josey basketball coach Justin Durham center) instructs his players during a time-out in a game against Meadowcreek High School at the 14th Annual Holiday Round Ball Classic held at Paine College’s HEAL Complex on Saturday. The Eagles were defeated 78-63 by the Mustangs.Photo by Vincent Hobbs

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FORUMBETWEEN THE LINES EDWARD SNOWDEN’S MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF BRAZIL

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south that says that the poor and the under-salaried should not have health care. One of the leaders in this broth-erhood is our Governor, Nathan Deal who with the Georgia Commissioner of Insurance, Ralph Hudgens, is deter-mined to defeat the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) at the expense of 600,000 Georgians who they have pre-vented from getting health care.

Why are these two individuals taken on the mantle of death for thousands whose trips to the emergency room will be too late to survive. Who, instead of getting free checkups wait until its too late to go to the emergency room resulting in despair. Why does Governor Deal and Ralph Hudgens

stand by as the rural hospitals close one after another because they refuse funding for the Affordable Care Act. What in the world is their reasoning?

Here are the facts. The Affordable Care Act would provide 30 billion (that’s billion ) dollars from the fed-eral government to Georgia to extend Medicade. Included in this are funding

for hospitals and the ability of 600,000 Georgian’s to get health care. This money over 10 years costs nothing to the state for 3 years. Each year after that a small percentage is required from the state.

The excuse by Governor Deal is that he doesn’t believe the federal government will keep its promise! .

The fact is that the money has been appropriated already by Congress!! His excuse is not logical and is vitri-olic if not downright stupid.

To oppose the President on philo-sophic grounds is one thing but to oppose health care for 600,000 citi-zens of Georgia is another. All of us should write & phone Governor Deal that his deal to oppose health care is unacceptable as his governorship is at re-election time in 2014. Join us in opposing him and the Commissioner of Insurance in the upcoming elec-tions.

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by Edward Snowden

The following letter was published recently in the Brazilian newspaper A Folha in Portuguese.

Six months ago, I stepped out from the shadows of the United States Government’s National Security Agency to stand in front of a journal-ist’s camera. I shared with the world evidence proving some governments are building a world-wide surveil-lance system to secretly track how we live, who we talk to, and what we say. I went in front of that camera with open eyes, knowing that the decision would cost me family and my home, and would risk my life. I was moti-vated by a belief that the citizens of the world deserve to understand the system in which they live.

My greatest fear was that no one would listen to my warning. Never have I been so glad to have been so wrong. The reaction in certain coun-tries has been particularly inspiring to me, and Brazil is certainly one of those.

At the NSA, I witnessed with grow-ing alarm the surveillance of whole populations without any suspicion of wrongdoing, and it threatens to become the greatest human rights challenge of our time. The NSA and other spying agencies tell us that for our own “safety”—for Dilma’s “safety,” for Petrobras’ “safety”—they have revoked our right to privacy and broken into our lives. And they did it without asking the public in any country, even their own.

Today, if you carry a cell phone in Sao Paolo, the NSA can and does keep track of your location: they do this 5 billion times a day to people around the world. When someone in Florianopolis visits a website, the NSA keeps a record of when it happened and what you did there. If a mother

NSA surveillance is about power, not safety

“The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the ‘consent of the governed’ is meaningless. . . The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed.” - Edward Snowden

in Porto Alegre calls her son to wish him luck on his university exam, NSA can keep that call log for five years or more. They even keep track of who is having an affair or looking at pornog-raphy, in case they need to damage their target’s reputation.

American Senators tell us that Brazil should not worry, because this is not “surveillance,” it’s “data col-lection.” They say it is done to keep you safe. They’re wrong. There is a huge difference between legal pro-grams, legitimate spying, legitimate law enforcement — where individu-als are targeted based on a reason-able, individualized suspicion — and these programs of dragnet mass sur-veillance that put entire populations under an all-seeing eye and save copies forever. These programs were never about terrorism: they’re about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They’re about power.

Many Brazilian senators agree, and have asked for my assistance

with their investigations of suspected crimes against Brazilian citizens. I have expressed my willingness to assist wherever appropriate and law-ful, but unfortunately the United States government has worked very hard to limit my ability to do so — going so far as to force down the Presidential Plane of Evo Morales to prevent me from traveling to Latin America! Until a country grants per-manent political asylum, the US gov-ernment will continue to interfere with my ability to speak.

“These programs were never about terrorism: they’re about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They’re about power.”

Six months ago, I revealed that the NSA wanted to listen to the whole world. Now, the whole world is listen-ing back, and speaking out, too. And the NSA doesn’t like what it’s hear-ing. The culture of indiscriminate worldwide surveillance, exposed to public debates and real investigations on every continent, is collapsing.

Only three weeks ago, Brazil led the United Nations Human Rights Committee to recognize for the first time in history that privacy does not stop where the digital network starts, and that the mass surveil-lance of innocents is a violation of human rights.

The tide has turned, and we can finally see a future where we can enjoy security without sacrificing our privacy. Our rights cannot be limited by a secret organization, and American officials should never decide the freedoms of Brazilian citizens. Even the defenders of mass surveillance, those who may not be persuaded that our surveillance technologies have dangerously out-paced democratic controls, now agree that in democracies, surveil-lance of the public must be debated by the public.

My act of conscience began with a statement: “I don’t want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded. That’s not something I’m willing to sup-port, it’s not something I’m willing to build, and it’s not something I’m willing to live under.”

Days later, I was told my govern-ment had made me stateless and wanted to imprison me. The price for my speech was my passport, but I would pay it again: I will not be the one to ignore criminality for the sake of political comfort. I would rather be without a state than with-out a voice.

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Jan. 24 (Fri.)ARC @ Cross CreekHephzibah @ ButlerGlenn Hills @ Burke Co.Westside @ HarlemScreven Co @ Laney

Jan. 25 (Sat.)Josey @ LaneyGreenbrier @ WestsideGlenn Hills @ Athens Christian Acad-emy

Jan. 28 (Tue.)Cross Creek @ ButlerARC @ Glenn HillsBurke Co. @ Hephzibah

Jan. 31 (Fri.)Westside @ LaneyCross Creek @ Glenn HillsButler @ Burke Co.Hephzibah@ ARC

Feb. 1 (Sat.)Hephzibah @WestsideDublin @ Josey

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Feb. 7 (Fri.)Glenn Hills @ ButlerWestside @ ThomsonJosey @ Aquinas

Feb. 8 (Sat.)Dublin @ LaneyEast Laurens @ Josey

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100 Black Men Classic, Nov. 30

Holiday Round Ball Classic, Dec. 19 -21

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Augusta Tech named finalist for College of the Year

In partnership with the Augusta- Richmond County Library, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History honors the famous psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark with an African American doll exhibition. The exhibit can be seen on the third floor of the library until February 2014.

Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark were instrumental in the fight for racial equality. Through a series of landmark “Doll Tests,” in the 1940s, the married couple provided scien-

tific evidence of the negative impact of racial segregation in the minds of young black children. The find-ings of this study were cited in the Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas (1954)—the case that deemed racial segregation in schools illegal.

Like other ethnicities and nation-alities in the United States, African American children grow up to be contributing members of society. They are our teachers, lawyers, doc-tors, scientists, nurses, and commu-

Laney Museum honors reknown child psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark

nity activists. A positive self-image helps children grow into these criti-cal roles. The beautiful collection of dolls is a visual reminder that authenticates the beauty of African American children in our society. As Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark dem-onstrated, toys reflect how children see themselves and others in the con-text of good and bad. The Museum

hopes that thousands of children will view the exhibition and realize that black children are beautiful, kind, brilliant, friendly, and talented.

The Lucy Craft Laney Museum

of Black History is located at 1116 Phillips Street, Augusta, GA 30901

For more information, call 706-724-3576.

Augusta Technical College was a finalist for the Technical College System of Georgia’s Perdue Award, given to the system’s Technical College of the Year.

Savannah Technical College received the award during the Technical College System State Board’s monthly meeting in Atlanta. Dr. Lynn Cornett, the chairwoman of the board, presented the award to Kathy Love, the president of Savannah Tech.

Also recognized as finalists, besides Augusta Tech, were Ogeechee Technical College, Columbus Technical College and Gwinnett Technical College

“We are honored to be named a finalist,” said Terry D. Elam, the pres-ident of Augusta Technical College. “Our staff always works hard to serve our students and to make sure they are getting the best educational experience.”

Each year, the Technical College System board evaluates the state tech-nical colleges for the Perdue Award using almost two dozen performance categories, including enrollment in technical and adult education pro-grams, student retention and grad-uation rates, licensure pass rates, economic development measures, national awards and administrative efficiencies.

The award is named in honor of former Gov. Sonny Perdue, who was a strong supporter of Georgia’s technical colleges and their mis-sion to develop the state’s workforce through world-class technical and adult education programs.

Terry D. Elam, president of Augusta Technical College (c) with state officials.

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AUGUSTARadio station 88.3 WAFJ delivered near-

ly 300 toys to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia collected by listeners during the contemporary Christian station’s annual Christmas Cheer Tour. The toys will help bring comfort to the nearly 100,000 patients treated at the hospital each year, especially those who can’t be home for the holidays.

The 154-bed not-for-profit Children’s Hospital of Georgia is the second largest children’s hospital in the state, provid-ing the highest level of pediatric critical care and neonatal intensive care, as well as a wide range of general and complex health care for children. Visit facebook.com/GAChildrens or follow on Twitter at twitter.com/GAChildrens.

AUGUSTAGeorgia Regents University is join-

ing forces with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to combat alcohol abuse, including underage drinking and impaired driving.

The office awarded GRU an $8,860 grant to participate in the Georgia Young Adult Program designed for Georgia col-leges and universities to promote and raise awareness about highway safety issues including alcohol education, alco-hol abuse prevention, impaired driving, underage drinking, safety belts, distrac-tive driving, speeding, risk reductions, and other destructive decisions.

“The university will use the grant funds to help educate students about the det-riments of drinking and driving and other components of alcohol misuse,” said Leslie Wilcher, GRU’s Student Health Services Outreach Coordinator.

The following data underscore the need for more education and prevention efforts, according to Wilcher:

·The highest percentage of alcohol-impaired driving fatalities occurs among drivers ages 21 to 24.

·Nearly one-third of motor vehicle fatal-ities involve a driver with a Blood Alcohol Concentration above the legal limit of .08.

·An individual with a BAC of .08 or higher is 11 times more likely to die in a crash than those who have not consumed alcohol at all.

·Two out of five people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some point in their lives.

·Seat belts have saved more than 250,000 lives since 1975.

· In 2009, 62 percent of those involved in nighttime alcohol-impaired driving fatalities were not wearing a seat belt.

For more information, call Leslie Wilcher at 706-723-4302.

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