Some of you may know me, but if you don’t, let me introduce myself. I’m Lauren Wolverton. I moved here from Starkville, Mississippi, in May 2019 for a job at a local television station. Since then, I’ve moved over here to Connect Savannah, where I’ve been working for about three-and- a-half months.

I hate change as much as the next person. I always have. Yet, it seems inevitable. Each time I’ve expressed how much I hate change is the very moment I’m having to fully embrace it. Obviously, Savannah is facing change with its trusted arts and entertainment magazine, Connect Savannah. Hi, I’m Noelle and I’m the change.

The Globe, quite simply, is one of the oldest structures still standing in Savannah south of DeRenne. But it has no level of historic protection.

The single most pressing issue directly relevant to the City Manager job, however, is Savannah’s desperate need for stability in the position.

We debated over whether and how soon the economy should “reopen,” and for whom. What was appropriate? What was in bad taste? What was essential?

While stories about buffoonish, entitled customers of this nature have been circulating around town for literally months now, this one hit home because of the nature of the target.

Let’s talk about what millage, and the millage rate is — often mistakenly called the ‘mileage rate’ by some, either due to misinformation or overzealous autocorrect.