Savannah’s Sixth District Alderman is no stranger to these awards, his various hijinks over the years garnering him runaway vote wins from our readers in these categories consistently.
Candidly, however, it’s been a slow year by Tony’s standards. His last major brouhaha came almost a year ago, when he was censured by City Council in a contentious hearing in which Thomas went down the line of fellow Council members threatening to spill their various secrets.
This spring, Thomas has mostly concerned himself with continuing to cement an alliance with Alderman Van Johnson, widely rumored to be running for mayor of Savannah next year. Thomas, Johnson, and Alderwoman Estella Shabazz frequently vote as a bloc on major local issues.
Runner up, Hate: Van Johnson
This article appears in May 23-29, 2018.
I don’t hate Thomas. I am not his friend, either.
I think that he is one of the most honest, straight-forward, and even amusing members of city council. I think that it was outrageous for him to have been censored by the mayor and all others for being intoxicated in public. He was not driving, he was not even moving. What he does on his own time is his business, not ours.
I am sorry, but just because you are a politico shouldn’t make you have to live up to a higher standard unless it has to do with embezzling public funds or doing something else that is against the law.