Greed Again

Greed; loosely defined as an overwhelming desire to have more of something, such as money, than is actually needed. That could also make it a verb instead of a noun. One would think that when faced with the demise of a business or paying one’s creditors, greed could and should be put aside. Normally when one is facing total obliteration one concedes some things in order to even the field as it were, but then there are some that can not control their insatiable desires or, maybe, in this case the operative word is control. I witnessed first hand what greed can do this past week. I sat on the sidelines and observed a very lucrative deal going down but then the greediness reared its ugly head destroying two years of work. Having money is a nice thing for sure, but tell me, when it comes to affecting the lives of others should greed not be put aside?
The meeting of the minds of North Augusta Tomorrow and Augusta slipped my mind. I intended to attend because I wanted to hear what fabulous plans Augusta had for North Augusta’s money. After many inquiries I admit that the plans sound feasible but I have my doubts any of them will ever come to fruition. Unlike North Augusta, Augusta’s committees, council people and others in power, can not agree on anything. Here again greed raises its ugly head; maybe not for money but for power. Another thing that bothers me is that Augusta can’t seem to balance a budget; they are always running out of money then borrowing money from other funds or just happen to find a couple of million that they forgot they had, this after laying off employees. So, if North Augusta shares money with Augusta what and who will determine that said money goes for what it is supposed to.