Jason Carter does have this going for him: Younger voters at least know who his grandfather is, unlike the case with Michelle Nunn and her dad.
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Editor’s Note: To the Cold Warriors
The Greatest Generation finished their war with a pair of nuclear bombs. The Cold Warriors won theirs by not dropping any nuclear bombs. Surely that’s greatness, too.
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Editor’s Note: Is SPLOST lost?
Nick Doms says ironically the arena, the item intended to put a glamorous sheen on SPLOST, may prove its undoing.”Drainage is no longer sexy to voters. But the arena was a bad calculation from the city’s perspective.”
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Editor’s Note: A (foot) bridge too far
It’s no accident the Westside plan was unveiled a few weeks before the public will vote whether to extend the SPLOST penny tax, chiefly to fund the arena.
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Editor’s Note: Policing the police
This story has to do with departmental integrity, oversight, the lack thereof, and the compound effect on the majority of hard-working rank-and-file officers at the street level who are eager to protect and serve us.
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Editor’s Note: The Belle of the ball
The Air Force is restoring the original Memphis Belle, but the B-17 in town this week is the one in the film — an exact facsimile down to the pin-up art on the nose and the swastikas by each gun marking the enemy fighters that gunner shot down.
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Editor’s Note: Sponging off Jay Self
The bottom line is that a very small market like Savannah was extremely lucky to have a person of Self’s abilities in what amounts to an almost impossible job.
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Editor’s Note: ‘Creeping resignation’ on guns
The day after the Navy Yard massacre a Facebook friend posted that he was unsettled by the conspicuous lack of discussion in social media. He was worried it signaled acceptance of the unacceptable.
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Editor’s Note: A raw Deal on health care
As usual with the Deal administration, follow the money. An entire Political Action Committee (PAC) was created specifically to fund Deal’s effort to obstruct Obamacare. Some of its donors include Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Humana, Pfizer, and Wellcare.
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Editor’s Note: A collegiate culture
A critical mass has formed. There’s a bustling new economy in Savannah, one that owes its origin to college activity but has developed well beyond events directly affiliated with any particular college.
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Editor’s Note: Gays & weed & spies, oh my
With gay marriage, the feds are giving some states the finger. With weed, they’re waving a white flag. In both instances, we see a president bowing to the will of the people — which isn’t a bad thing. But there’s an elephant in the room.
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Editor’s Note: Testing our patience
Soon the hated CRCT will be phased out in favor of a new test. Its passing will be mourned like that of polio.