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Emergency Medical Technicians, and Paramedics. Meet LaShon Polk,
Augustas new EMS Coordinator, the woman who runs the show.
EMS Coordinator LaShon
Polk at the Augusta Fire Dept.
Headquarters.
Photo by Vincent Hobbs
Review by Tim Cox
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urban professional
Urban Pro Weekly: I see that youre not
from Augusta originally. Where were you
born and where did you receive your early
education?
POLK: I am from Los Angeles, California (born
in Long Beach) and grew up in an area call the
Miracle Mile District. I am a product of the Los
Angeles School District (LASD) and graduated
from Alexander Hamilton High School.
Urban Pro Weekly: When and why did you
first become a firefighter?
POLK: I began my career in the fire service
in 1997-1998 by participating in a pilot program
hosted by the Oakland Fire Department in an
effort to increase their recruitment of women
into the fire service. I also started taking Fire/
EMS classes through Peralta Colleges (Oakland,
CA), as well as worked as a Recruit Intern with
San Jose Fire. In 1998, I completed fire school
with the Oakland Fire Department where I was
a volunteer in their Ride-a-Long program, which
gave me fire fighting experience. However, edu-
cation for my new career was just beginning; I
enrolled in the College of San Mateo Fire Science
program and did course work until I was hired
with the City of Atlanta as a Professional Career
Firefighter.
Before becoming a Firefighter I was in the
brokerage industry, working in San Franciscos
financial district. I was a single parent and knew
I needed more time in my schedule to participate
in my sons school and extracurricular activities.
One night I had a dream I was a firefighter, woke
up to hear and see fire apparatus in front of my
apartment. The next morning I spoke to a good
friend about my dream, she laughed saying, Im
too proper and too much of a girlie girl to be a
firefighter. She continued saying she met a Fire
Lieutenant [Oakland Fire Dept.] a few days prior
to our conversation who was encouraging her
join the fire service and invited her to a fire sta-
tion Open House. I asked my friend if she ever
heard of the Celestine Prophecy, she relied no. I
told her the message about joining the fire service
was not for her, but rather she was the conduit to
deliver the message to me. From that day, along
with other insights, I knew the fire service was the
profession for me and I have not looked back.
Urban Pro Weekly: Explain what an emer-
gency first responder does and why its such
an important job.
POLK: There are several levels of Emergency
First Responders - Augusta Fire Department is an
emergency First Responder agency responding
to: fires, medical, hazardous materials incidents,
water rescue, technical, disasters/mass casualty
incidents and/or anything that disrupts the nor-
mal conditions in a persons life whether its
manmade or brought on by a natural source. i.e.
hurricanes, earthquakes or tornados. As a First
Responder our priorities are: Life Safety, Incident
Stabilization and Property Conservation. The
majority of todays First Responder incidents are
medical calls, which accounts for approximately
80% of our call volume nationwide. EMS inci-
dents are either emergent (needing immediate
intervention) or urgent in nature and others are
classed as service calls. Nonetheless when a citi-
zen call 911, it is the responsibility of the trained
fire service personnel/Fire Responder to priori-
tize all incidents as emergent unless told other-
wise by Augustas 911 Communications.
Urban Pro Weekly: What is the difference
between an EMT and a Paramedic and does
the fire department train its own or do they
recruit people who are already trained?
POLK: Under the Department of Public Health,
the Georgia Office of Emergency Medical Services
governs the all Allied Pre-Hospital Healthcare
Professional which includes: Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT), Advance Emergency Medical
Technician (AEMT), Cardiac Tech (CT) and
Paramedic.
Most First Responders are certified through
the National Registry for Emergency Medical
Technicians and authority is practiced as
Healthcare Providers in Georgia is granted
through the Georgia Office of Emergency Medical
Services. Further, we function under a Medical
Direct, a Board Certified and State Licensed
Medical Doctor. As Allied Pre-Hospital Healthcare
Professional EMTs and Paramedics follow state
protocols that are reviewed and approved by the
agencys Medical Director.
The difference between the various profession-
al licenses is the level of education one is trained
to perform as a Pre-Hospital Healthcare Provider.
Pre-Hospital Healthcare Professionals are trained
to function within their Scope of Practice and this
varies for each professional license.
For example, an EMT is trained at a basic
level and their Scope of Practice allows them to
accurately collect vital signs (respirations, pulse
rates, blood pressures and oxygen saturations
and administer oxygen, supervised by an AEMT
or higher); an EMT cannot perform any invasive
procedures (IVs and advanced airway adjuncts)
EMS Coordinator LaShon Polk at the Augusta Fire Dept.
Headquarters. Photo by Vincent Hobbs
LaShon Polk
EMS Coordinator On A Mission
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EMS coordinator from page 3
or assist or administer medications.
An AEMT builds on the EMTs Scope
of Practice, which allows them to
perform basic skills in addition to
doing invasive procedures i.e. blood
glucose monitoring and starting I.Vs
as well as administering medica-
tions in the AEMTs Scope of Practice
(Oxygen, Albuterol, Epi-Pen Narcan
& D50 and Glucagon). CTs and
Paramedics utilize the basic and
advanced EMT skills as the founda-
tion for their Scope of Practice and
add more advance technical skills to
treat patients.
Paramedics are the highest
level of Pre-Hospital Healthcare
Professionals and focus on severe
cardiac and respiratory problem and
have been granted the privilege to
perform invasive procedures such as
reading and interpreting EKG strips
and inserting advanced air devices.
Paramedic can also administer
life saving medications, including
certain Schedule II controlled sub-
stances.
Augusta Fire Department trains
all new recruits at the Advanced
Emergency Medical Technician
(AEMT) level. As for the future,
one of the expressed long-term
goals is to implement an in-service
Paramedic Program.
Urban Pro Weekly: What unique
perspectives or experience would
you bring to the job?
POLK: What makes my perspec-
tive and experience unique as
the EMS Coordinator for Augusta
Fire Department is the fact that I
am a sworn Firefighter, with 14
years of demonstrated and proven
knowledge, skills and abilities in
field operations. I am a Nationally
Registered Paramedic, a Tactical
Paramedic and I have experience in
both the Pre-Hospital and Clinical
settings. Ive had the opportunity to
run fire/EMS calls, work in a hostile
and/or uncontrolled environment
and I do exceedingly well under
pressure. Having field operational
experience along with corporate
knowledge has taught me to be an
effective communicator through
active listening and speaking on
multiple levels. Whether informa-
tion needs to be conveyed to hos-
pital staff/doctors, the community
and/or to our Firefighters, Im told
I am effective. More importantly, I
am focused and a determined per-
son who cares about the community
I/we serve.
Urban Pro Weekly: Are there
different schools of thought or
philosophies when it comes to
EMS Management or does every-
one pretty much approach things
the same way?
POLK: As it relates to EMS
Management each agency has a dif-
ferent thought process, with some
agencies more in alignment with
others. My thoughts: Progressive
First Provider agencies have EMS
Divisions separate from the Fire
Training Division and although
we are all First Responders, both
Divisions are specialized and
should not be combined instruc-
tion.
Managing an EMS Division is just
like any business; one sets goals
with parameters, establishes pri-
orities and lays out the objective
for achieving both. For Augusta
Fire Department EMS Division,
my goal is to meet the needs of
the internal customer, so they can
provide the highest quality of care
to the external customers; the citi-
zens of Augusta, GA. I work with my
EMS Committee to assess the needs
of our internal customers and to
get feedback from the field on day
to day EMS insight. My first prior-
ity is to implement an in-house
EMS training program to provide
our First Responder Continuing
Education Unit (CEUs), validated
courses similar to those outlined by
the National Registry for Emergency
Medical Technicians. This will
ensure that the members of Augusta
Fire Department have the minimum
required CEUs to recertify bi-annu-
ally for their state Healthcare pro-
vider license.
Urban Pro Weekly: Most people
know very little about firefight-
ing or EMS operations. Give us
some idea of the kinds of EMS
resources that are available in
the fire department.
POLK: The first point Id like peo-
ple to understand is WE, the mem-
bers of the Augusta Fire Department
are here to serve the community.
Our day to day operations and over-
all responsibility includes: respond-
ing to all emergency incidents in a
timely and professional manner and
ensuring that we have done our best
to stabilize the situation.
The Augusta Fire Department is
a community service-based orga-
nization, providing services such
as blood pressure check; attending
jurisdictional community event,
health fairs, church invitations, sta-
tion tours for small groups of chil-
dren accompanied their caregivers.
As Chief James new Executive Staff
get settled into our positions, we will
be introducing more community ori-
ented activities, keeping in mind
SAFETY is priority.
Urban Pro Weekly: What are
some goals that you have set for
improving service to the citizens
of Augusta?
POLK: As far as my goals for
future improvement of services for
the citizens of Augusta; as I men-
tioned previously I am focusing
on building an EMS Division that
includes: In-service training for our
members, identifying medical pri-
orities as outlined in various trade
periodicals, upgrading EMS equip-
ment, troubleshooting, building
community relationships and most
importantly, providing outstanding
customer service.
Sherryl James (cen-
ter), Community
Service and Outreach
Librarian, helps library
patrons fill out raffle
ticket information
for a prize giveaway
of Amazon Kindles,
during the Augusta
Librarys second anni-
versary celebration.
Photo by Vincent Hobbs
EMS Coordinator LaShon Polk (R) speaks with Firefighter Ross
Williams (L) at the Augusta Fire Dept. Headquarters.
Photo by Vincent Hobbs
Augusta
Library
Anniversary
Giveaway
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By Timothy Cox
ATLANTA
Fittingly, the June 23 concert held
at an outdoor amphitheater in subur-
ban Atlanta featured two legendary
performers during whats officially
called Black Music Month.
Rare performances by Roberta
Flack and her longtime musical mate,
Peabo Bryson, attracted about 2,500
patrons who were provided separate
performances by the two living leg-
ends.
Bryson, a Greenville, S.C. native,
opened the two-hour show by dis-
playing his unique brand of voca-
lese that has garnered him Grammy
Awards and other accolades through-
out his successful 35-year career.
In a recent interview from his
Atlanta home, Bryson reflected on his
formative years in the Baptist church-
es of South Carolinas Piedmont
region.
During his Atlanta performance,
he displayed the gospel-like grit that
helped him become a household
name and romantic crooner with hit
songs like If Ever Youre In My Arms
Again and the Disney hits which
placed the soul crooner in a more
classic category Aladdin (A Whole
New World) and Beauty and the
Best his best-selling duets with
singers Celine Dion and Regina Belle,
respectively.
At midpoint of his show, Peabo
announced that he would revisit the
R&B side of his career. To a rousing
ovation, his rhythm section segued
to a familiar intro into Im So Into
You.
Brysons smokin six-piece band
was led by his longtime bassist and
Musical Director, Dwight Watkins,
also of Atlanta.
Notably, Brysons vocal clarity and
range remains intact, while nattily
dressed in an off-white smoking jack-
et, the classic crooner worked hard
enough to evoke perspiration enough
to remove the jacket to the delight of
his many lady fans.
During the interview, Bryson noted
that remaining physically-fit remains
priority.
After a too-lengthy changeover
in backline band equipment, it was
finally showtime for the lady legend
on the bill.
This show evoked memories of the
1981 Live and More LP that fea-
tured Roberta with then-label mate,
Bryson, when both recorded on
Capitol Records.
Flack noted that on that particular
tour she specifically sought-out Peabo
as her recording mate, considering
that less than two years earlier her
good friend, Donny Hathaway, had
died.
Ive always been very particular
about the male singers that I work
with. Luther (Vandross) was one of
my background singers, she said
during a pre-concert interview from
her home in the Virginia suburbs of
Washington, D.C.
I really hoped that Peabo would
accept I knew he was the one fellow
who could perform the songs Live
Im talking about all those songs
that Donny and I had recorded in the
studio, she said.
Conversely, Bryson said he was
pleasantly surprised that Flack chose
him to do the live tour.
I remember thinking. she wants
me to sing with her? I was so hon-
ored, he said.
Bryson also acknowledged per-
forming at the AmVets nightclub in
Augusta, Ga., while working as a
young, lead singer for the Moses
Dillard Textown Display Band.
I cut my teeth in Augusta. People
there know their music, he added.
During the first portion of Flacks
recent show, she kicked-it-off with a
smooth-but-funky version of her clas-
sic, Feel Like Making Love.
Flack is forever known for her
intricately sweet background vocal
arrangements.
She failed to disappoint on this
humid evening -- especially on a less-
familiar mid-70s hit called Feelin
That Glow and her rendition of the
Marvin Gayes Inner-City Blues,
You Sure Love To Ball and Mercy,
Mercy Me (Save The Children)
offered a unique, flashback vibe for
the largely mature audience.
Flacks background vocalist Derek
Hughes of Oakland, California,
shined throughout the evening, dis-
playing a multi-octave range reminis-
cent of jazz-fusion vocalist Phil Perry.
Another crowd-pleaser occurred
when Bryson joined Flack onstage
during a welcomed rendition of
their duo hit Tonight I Celebrate My
Love and Back Together Again, the
Hathaway/Flack classic.
Both singers reminded us that they
are musicians. Roberta, the classical-
ly-trained academician of Howard
University, was comfortable at her
baby grand piano, while Bryson sur-
prised some while performing the
Sade classic, King of Sorrow, as he
accompanied himself on an acoustic
guitar.
Remarkably, both singersvocal
chops remain largely unchanged from
their younger days very similar to
what occurred with vocal nuances of
the legendary Ella Fitzgerald, whose
girlish soprano stayed unblemished.
Flack also performed two singles
from her just-released CD, Let It Be
Roberta which covers hits from The
Beatles.
Her rendition of Hey Jude was
also mimicked by concertgoers
throughout The Frederick Brown Jr.
Amphitheater in suburban Peachtree
City, about 20 minutes south of down-
town Atlanta.
While Bryson noted that this show
is not part of a dedicated tour, he did
say that audience reaction and ticket
sales for the performance were being
gauged to determine whether it justi-
fies escalation to a national tour.
Meanwhile, its hoped the tour will
at least visit select American cities in
order to provide real-music lovers a
unique opportunity to witness these
two living legends Back Together
Again.
Roberta Flack, Peabo Bryson reunion provides
classic backdrop for Black Music Month show
Peabo Bryson Roberta Flack
ABOUT BLACK MUSIC MONTH:
On June 7, 1979, President Jimmy
Carter designated the month of
June as Black Music Month in
order to pay homage to the lasting
impact of Black Musicians upon
American music and pop culture.
In 2008, President Barack Obama
changed the name to African-
American Music Appreciation
Month. Philadelphia producers
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
were originators of the annual
music-based acknowledgement.
Rare performances by Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson attracted about 2,500 patrons to a suburban Atlanta amphitheatre. Photo by Tim Cox
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In an environment in
which many marketers expect
their advertising budgets to
decrease and some brands
are shifting their multicultural
advertising to general market
agencies, a consortium of
media outlets and marketing
agencies has formed to tout
the spending power and habits
of black consumers.
Titling their effort
#InTheBlack, the consor-
tium points out that African-
American buying power is
expected to reach $1.2 trillion
by 2015 (according to GfK
MRI) and argues that their
companies are uniquely posi-
tioned to help marketers access
those dollars.
The campaign, which
launched this week with an
advertisement in the business
section of the New York Times
and coverage by all of the con-
sortiums media outlets, seeks
to encourage increased invest-
ments in the African American
consumer marketplace while
helping companies reach the
African American audience
more effectively, according to
a collective statement.
Spearheaded by BET
Networks, the consortium
includes many of the larg-
est black-focused media out-
lets and marketing agencies,
as well as mainstream com-
panies. The partners include
(in alphabetical order):
Black Enterprise, Burrell
Communications, Cable
Ad-vertising Bureau, Essence
Communications, GlobalHue,
HuffPost BlackVoices, Inner
City Broadcasting Company,
Interactive One, Johnson
Publishing Company, KJLH
Radio, National Association of
Black Owned Broadcasters,
National Newspaper Pub-
lishers Association, Nielsen,
North Star Group, One
Solution, Radio One, Reach
Media, Steve Harvey Radio,
TheGrio, The Africa Channel,
The Root, TV One, UniWorld
Group, Vibe Media and Walton
Isaacson.
While efforts to tout the
value of the black consumer are
nothing new last year Nielsen
and the National Newspaper
Publishers Asso-ciation
published The State of the
African-American Consumer
report about black spending
power and buying habits the
#InTheBlack effort stands out
by having so many competing
outlets band together under
one umbrella. We are excited
to partner with some of the
nations most influential media
and marketing groups to high-
light the growing economic
opportunity of the black mar-
ketplace. As a collective, we
are better positioned to dem-
onstrate the value of targeting
the black consumer audience
and partnering with leading
brands to help them succeed,
explained Debra Lee, chair-
man and chief executive officer
for BET Networks.
Said Donna Byrd, publisher
of The Root, Were proud to
be associated with this collab-
orative and historic effort. We
believe that focusing our col-
lective attention on the eco-
nomic power of the African-
American consumer will have
a positive impact on the entire
industry.
To put the campaign in
context, total American buy-
ing power is currently $12.2
trillion, according to the
Selig Center for Economic
Growth. While black spending
power comprises more than 8
percent of that figure (black
people are 12.6 percent of the
U.S. populaiton), the growth of
that spending power is outpac-
ing the rate of growth in other
groups. Meanwhile, nation-
al advertising buys in black
media (excluding newspaper
and online media) totaled
just under $2 billion in 2010,
according to Nielsen, a year in
which $142.5 billion was spent
on ad buys overall.
Given these conditions, the
outlets behind #InTheBlack
see an opportunity to raise
awareness and create a sense
of urgency around the eco-
nomic opportunity the black
consumer segment presents,
according to their released
statement. African American
media have the unique ability
to reach the African American
consumer base directly and
are an important resource in
identifying and establishing
trends within the black com-
munity. They are targeting
executives at major Fortune
500 companies, brand lead-
ers and media planners, as
well as consumers, with that
message.
They point to the fact that
nearly one in seven babies
born in the United States
is now of African-American
descent, and call black people
mega-consumers beating out
all other ethnic groups in the
consumption of automobiles,
wine and spirits, baby care
products, groceries, health
and beauty products, personal
care products, apparel, elec-
tronics, movies and travel and
entertainment, because they
spend more on these items
relative to other populations.
Hoping to gain the attention
of luxury categories, they also
note a 64 percent increase
between 2000 and 2009 in the
number of black households
earning $75,000, and an 89
percent uptick in those earn-
ing $100,000 and more.
The prospect of so many
black-focused companies
banding together for a
common purpose points
to myriad possibilities;
but at least for now, the
consortiums main purpose
is building awareness and
educating people about the
black consumer segment.
More information about their
campaign can be found at
Over two dozen firms form a consortium to tout the $1 trillion-plus buying power of black consumers.
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Rep. Darrel Issa, chair of the House
Oversight Committee, has led the now
16-month old investigation into who
knew what, and when, about an ill-
advised gun interdiction scheme on the
border called Fast and Furious.
The effort, says Mr. Issa, is to get
answers for the family of Brian Terry,
the Border Patrol agent shot and killed
in a high desert shootout where guns
belonging to the Fast and Furious gun-
walking program were found.
But as Congress moves now to cite
the attorney general of the United
States, Eric Holder, for contempt, the
situation has quickly become more
intense, fueling a central and long-run-
ning conspiracy theory about Fast and
Furious.
How much do you know about the US
Constitution? A quiz.
Along with conservative commenta-
tors like Rush Limbaugh, Issa suggested
as late as April that Fast and Furious
may have been part of a policy by the
White House to flood the Mexican
market with guns to foment violence,
which would then put political pressure
back on the US to curb its wide-open
border gun bazaar and weaken Second
Amendment rights.
That contention, liberals say, is on
its face absurd. Comedy Central sati-
rist Stephen Colbert summed up the
extent of the alleged conspiracy on
Friday, concluding Fast and Furious-
spawned border violence was intended
to panic Americans in order to gin up
support for a Draconian gun control
measure Obama has never introduced.
Complicated? Yes. The fevered ram-
blings of a syphilitic brain? Perhaps.
But the worse than Watergate
internet rumblings aside, last weeks
Oversight Committee vote which fell
along partisan lines to recommend
Holder for a House vote on contempt
and President Obamas decision on the
same day to invoke executive privi-
lege to keep related documents secret
did enliven debate about whats real-
ly at stake with the investigation. To
wit, whether the documents Congress
wants and that the Administration wont
release may be able to confirm or put to
rest suspicions that not just Holder, but
Whether or not a botched government gun interdiction scheme known as Fast and Furious was
tied into White House gun policy is roiling the right and a cause for scoffing on the left.
What conspiracy lies behind
Eric Holder and Fast and Furious?
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Obama, had a policy hand in Fast and
Furious.
In opening the contempt hearing on
Wednesday, Mr. Issa contended that,
[The contempt hearing] is not about
this investigation, its about a narrow
subset of documents that this commit-
tee must ultimately receive.
But in April, Issa gave an interview
at the National Rifle Association con-
vention in St. Louis, in which he gave
credence to suspicions held by many
conservatives and gun owners about
the programs true intent.
Could it be that what they really were
thinking of was in fact to use this walking
of guns in order to promote an assault
weapons ban? Rep. Issa said. Many
think so. And [the administration] hasnt
come up with an explanation that would
cause any of us not to agree.
Loosely based on two similar opera-
tions that took place during the Bush
administration, Fast and Furious began
in 2009, shortly after administration
officials, including Obama, several times
cited in public a contested estimate that
90 percent of guns used in Mexican
violence came from the US, a situation
they said was wreaking havoc in Mexico
and injuring relations between the two
continental powers.
Around that time, the administration
says, ATF agents in Phoenix, under
pressure to stem the flow, began allow-
ing straw purchasers to walk assault
weapons into Mexico, in order to track
the guns and build criminal cases
against not just low-level drug opera-
tors, but cartel bosses.
But in the process, ATF lost track of
1,400 guns, some of which have been
recovered at murder scenes in Mexico
and two of which were found at the
scene in Arizona where Border Patrol
Agent Brian Terry was gunned down by
suspected drug smugglers.
To be sure, Holder, who has testi-
fied nine times about the program, has
made some slips, including the fact that
he told Congress he didnt know about
the program until after the death of
Agent Terry, though it now seems clear
that some of his direct reports may have
had rudimentary knowledge of the pro-
gram 10 months earlier.
Another event that piqued Republican
interest came last year when Holder
had to retract a letter sent to Congress
on Feb. 4, 2011, which stated flatly that
the ATF wasnt allowing guns to walk.
DOJ said it was relying on inaccurate
field reports when it wrote that letter,
and filled Congress in six months later
when they could confirm and nail down
the truth.
In the aftermath, both Holder and the
President have acknowledged the gam-
bit was a terrible idea, shouldnt have
happened, and wont happen again.
Though he contends he was never
directly involved, Holder, as Obamas
top cop, has taken responsibility and
apologized to the family of Agent Terry
for his death. Meanwhile, half a dozen
involved agents and officials have lost
their jobs or been reassigned.
While tens of thousands of documents
are in play, Congress say it wants to look
specifically at a set of 1,300 documents,
mostly emails, that investigators hope will
shed light on who at Justice and the White
House were directly involved. Holder has
maintained that releasing some of the
documents Congress wants could put
cases and field agents in jeopardy.
At the least, the contents of the docu-
ments could fall short of conspiracy
but still yield politically embarrassing
information about how the administra-
tion crafted its response to the scandal,
giving rise to charges that Republicans
are on an irrational fishing expedition
for political dirt.
Though its not clear exactly what
these documents may involve, it seems
likely they consist of the Department of
Justices reaction to the backlash against
Fast and Furious, writes Matthew
DeLuca of the Daily Beast.
The Republicans are succeeding in a
strategy that they laid out for all of you at
the beginning of last year, White House
spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters
on Friday. They vowed to use their
investigative powers to score political
points against the administration and to
further obstruct the Presidents legisla-
tive agenda.
Democrats on the Oversight
Committee on Saturday filed a minor-
ity view to be included in next weeks
scheduled contempt vote, noting specifi-
cally that, The Committees investiga-
tion of ATF gunwalking operations has
been characterized by a series of unfor-
tunate and unsubstantiated allegations
against the Obama Administration that
turned out to be inaccurate.
But while the political lines around
Fast and Furious are thus clearly drawn,
allusions to Watergate-sized conspiracy
theories do, at the very least, also help
bolster Issas central point: If only to
quell such theories, Americans deserve
to know whether it was really a hap-
less bureaucratic blunder or whether
administration officials lied about the
extent of their involvement in what
became a deadly scandal.
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The Housing Authority of the City of Augusta, Georgia, in partnership with Walton
Communities, is pleased to announce that the site-based waiting list for Public Housing
admission to Walton Oaks and the Legacy at Walton Oaks will open on Wednesday, May
23, 2012 through Friday, June 29, 2012.

The Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program (River Glen Apartments) will also
open Wednesday, May 23, 2012 through Friday, June 29, 2012. The waiting lists for the
Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) for admission to the Legacy at Walton Oaks, the
Public Housing program and the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program are currently
closed.

The community, located at 401 Fairhope Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901, is a gated,
smoke free community that will provide a quality living environment. Seventy-five (75) newly-
constructed apartment homes for families are in the final stages of completion and will be ready
for occupancy in July 2012. All units will include washer/dryer connections, a business center
with computers and a community library for resident use.

Special rental assistance will be provided with respect to 14 of the 75 apartment homes
through the Augusta Housing Authority. Fourteen (14) units will be designated for eligible
public housing applicants. No walk-in applications will be accepted. Effective May 23
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anyone interested may complete an on-line application at www.augustapha.org.

Walton Communities will require a $14 application fee to process your application. Once
approved, a $250 deposit must be paid in full in order to reserve an apartment. Applicants will
be placed on the site-based waiting lists, will be ranked by date and time applied and will be
notified in writing when selected from the waitlist so that they may be scheduled for an
interview to determine eligibility for the program. Preliminary applications will be accepted
until 6pm on June 29
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federally assisted programs. Any potentially eligible individual who has a visual or hearing
impairment will be provided with information necessary to understand and participate in the
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The weeklong overnight camp
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A national music scholarship fair
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Cost for the camp, which includes
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For applications, contact Christina
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Laney Stadium.
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and Mississippi. There will also be
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