...8,400 a year -- $3,600 less than Augusta pays its part-time commissioners! A few reforms are needed in our merger law -- giving veto power to the mayor, for instance -- but hiking commissioners' salaries isn't one of them.

...debate, the intent was never to replace the city's main attorney. If one reads the language of the city-county merger law carefully, it simply allows the government to add a staff lawyer or lawyers. It was always contemplated that any staff...

...consolidation debate, the intent was never to replace the new city's main attorney. If one reads the language of the merger law carefully, it simply allows the government to add a staff lawyer or lawyers. It was always contemplated that any staff...