Any nostalgia I may have had about the Civic Center and Johnny Mercer Theatre was outweighed long ago by constant disappointment in the site’s lackluster customer service, its dilapidation, its bad acoustics, and its bizarrely inadequate concessions. I for one will not mourn its passing. I also embrace any well-intentioned plan to restore Oglethorpe’s original vision for Savannah.
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Editor’s Note: Help wanted — Affordable housing, better transportation
As many of our high-profile service industry projects come to fruition and are beginning to serve customers in earnest, they are discovering the hardest job of all might be… filling jobs.
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Editor’s Note: Boycotts begin to hit home
I know plenty of folks in the local film/TV industry, and not one that I know of supports the Heartbeat Bill. But they will be the ones paying the price if the boycott builds.
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Editor’s Note: The Biggest and the Best
WE’VE BEEN putting together a Best of Savannah annual special issue for well over 20 years now, if you include an earlier incarnation of this newspaper called Creative Loafing Savannah. […]
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Editor’s Note: Hasty Arena decisions could haunt for years
City Manager Rob Hernandez — starting a new job back in Florida in a few months– gave Council an offer they couldn’t refuse on his way out the door.
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Editor’s Note: SPLOST is coming
For the first time I can remember, there are political observers who think this round of SPLOST actually stands a chance of being defeated by the voters. It’s impossible to describe the shock wave this would send.
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Editor’s Note: Another week, another Arena controversy
The continued infighting over the largest single public works project in Savannah history comes in an election year, with the City Manager leaving town in two months, the Arena Development Manager abruptly departing recently, and with no permanent City Attorney on hand.
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Editor’s Note: The truth about local media!
Since we’re in the truth-telling business, I think it’s time that someone finally stand up and tell the truth that Savannah really is remarkably well-served by all of its local media, especially considering the extraordinarily small size of the market.
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Editor’s Note: Requiem for a City Manager
The simple truth is that any successful City Manager must also build public trust, just as an elected official would. Possibly even more so, since they’re really the one at the helm of the ship, that does the hiring and firing in the trenches.
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Editor’s Note: Pulaski makes news, 240 years later
It’s exciting to see a new chapter of Savannah history being written about one of our most admired local heroes, and perhaps talked about by our local tour guides…. And in this case it might even be true!
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Editor’s Note: Learning from Charleston’s successes – and mistakes
Every major tourism-oriented challenge that Savannah has faced, from trying to regulate Short Term Vacation Rentals to trying to control the proliferation of new hotels, Charleston has had to deal with first.
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Editor’s Note: Pooler, West Chatham, and the new paradigm
The much-touted chain stores on Broughton Street ushered in by Ben Carter often continue to struggle for sales. However, Carter’s other local project, the Tanger Outlet Mall in Pooler, has basically the same stores but often with many more customers.