The City’s Blight Ordinance is as precisely and carefully written as it is long overdue. It boils down to raising property taxes sevenfold on offending properties, until the offenses are addressed, after which the rate returns to standard. “Tax incentive” in this case is a euphemism for “tax disincentive.”
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Editor’s Note: Breaking down the #Bern
People basically vote for one or both of these two reasons, and these two reasons only: 1) Emotional attachment. 2) Perceived shared cultural values and fears. That’s it.
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Editor’s Note: ‘Mayor Pro Tem’: What it means and doesn’t
For years, encouraged no doubt by some of our illustrious leaders, the myth has evolved among many local residents that the “Mayor Pro Tem” position means that person is “next in line” to be Mayor.
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Editor’s Note: Too late for Johnny Harris, but not too late to learn
You won’t find a bigger advocate of historic preservation than me. But I’m afraid the grassroots effort to “Save Johnny Harris” is too little, too late.
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Editor’s Note: Inaugural hopes — and warnings
A STIRRING and apparently unscripted moment happened at Tuesday night’s Inauguration of new Mayor Eddie DeLoach and City Council in the Johnny Mercer Theatre. After DeLoach and the new Council […]
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Editor’s Note: ‘Marshal Law’ isn’t actually a thing, but Marshals are
The U.S. Marshals being here isn’t new at all. What is new is the sense of urgency and strong local focus.
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Editor’s Note: Big announcements, after the election
I’m not the only one frankly perplexed at the timing of all these very important announcements. Reading the tea leaves, you really wonder what was going on behind the scenes.
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Editor’s Note: When bullets, and panic, fly
The temptation to freak out about all this violence, as many are doing, is understandable. A certain amount of angry passion will be necessary to focus political and public will to address the problem. But now more than ever it’s important to keep a cool head.
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Editor’s Note: An election without empathy
Facebook existed during other Savannah elections, but this was the first one where almost all the drama played out literally from beginning to end on social media.
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Editor’s Note: After ‘The Cover’
It’s our responsibility now to do the best we can do to mitigate the anger and outrage caused by the cover, and to do our best to reconcile with the community. It’s the right thing, and the only thing, to do.
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Editor’s Note: The #PeachBreach and you
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office has revealed confidential personal data, including Social Security numbers, of every single voter in the state.
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Editor’s Note: Tale of Two Cities
There is a disconnect here, and it runs very deep. The contrast with Charleston—where political, civic, and business leaders have a long track record of working with each other beyond sociocultural boundaries— is stark.