‘This city hasn’t addressed poverty in two or three decades—nothing’s really changed. We continue to be a city of have and have nots, and it causes so much friction between the two communities. There needs to be a bridge.’
Jessica Leigh Lebos
Community Editor Jessica Leigh Lebos has been writing about interesting people, vexing issues and anything involving free food for more than 20 years. She introduces herself at cocktail parties as southern by marriage.
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Get shtuffed at the Shalom Y’all Food Fest
Here are the noshes by the numbers!
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Challenge 2015: G. Lind Taylor, Alderman at Large Post 2
‘If I have access to people who want to make this city better, where are the elected officials? Something is wrong.’
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Challenge 2015: Linda Wilder-Bryan, Alderman at Large Post 1
IN ADDITION to the mayor, the City of Savannah has two “at-large” aldermen that represent the entire City. Linda Wilder-Bryan is the only challenger to Post 1 incumbent Carol Bell. […]
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The road to Tybee belongs to us all
Life and politics must converge, especially on an island where there’s only one road in and one road out.
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Everyone loves a shaggy dog story
Though buoyed by the human compassion he encountered, my husband returned bereft of our pet and despondent over the poverty and poorly maintained streets that exist just a dog walk away.
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Davenport House thrills with ‘Stranger than Fiction’ living history
IF YOU’RE looking for spine-tingling tales, it doesn’t get more macabre than Savannah in 1820. A fire had left half the city in ruins, there was no electricity, and almost […]
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Challenge 2015: Stephen McElveen, District 6
“My vision is for Metro to become the best police department in the country. I want officers from all over the country coming here to train.”
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Challenge 2015: Shaundra McKeithen, District 5
‘We’ve had so many plans. We need to dust those off. We spent man hours, consulting money, design money. For those to just to be sitting on someone’s desk is a waste. If we had stuck to those plans, we’d be a lot further along.’
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The Literate Butcher: Cara Nicoletti
LIKE lots of girls, Cara Nicoletti played Little House in the Big Woods in her childhood. Unlike her friends, however, she was the only one who didn’t think it was […]
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Can’t give up on Crazytown
When I took this job four years ago, one of my first tasks was to cover the last election, and I don’t remember wanting to hide under my desk until it was over. Back then, the candidates’ blustering antics seemed baffling but not without certain charms; the disconnection we’re seeing now is trending towards the sociopathic.
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Challenge 2015: Kim Dulek, District 3
IT MAY NOT be Savannah’s most glamorous sector, but District 3 has a lot of things going for it: A bustling commercial corridor, diverse neighborhoods and lots of greenspace. It […]