Council, City Manager spar over budget re-do in wake of Fire Fee controversy
If today’s meeting was any indication, Mayor Eddie DeLoach’s announcement Wednesday of potential extreme cuts in City services if the controversial Fire Fee is reduced by half seemed to take many Council members on both sides of the debate by surprise. The clock is ticking, as the decision means Council and City Manager Rob Hernandez…
Mayor: Fire Fee to be cut in half, but big cuts in City services expected
Responding to a growing volume of outrage from businesses, nonprofits, churches, and citizens about the controversial new Fire Fee, Mayor Eddie DeLoach today announced that he will direct City Manager Rob Hernandez to formulate a “Plan B” which will cut the Fire Fee payments at least in half — but the Mayor threatens that deep…
Holiday road
CLARK GRISWOLD wasn’t the first dad to drag his family on a road trip, and he certainly won’t be the last. “The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip” is a collection of over 100 photographs, curated by David Campany and Denise Wolff and organized for display at the Jepson by assistant curator Erin…
Remembering Jim Bacote
Quite simply, what Bacote was doing was healing the world – one bus load of students, one mobile home of curious Midwesterners, one tour bus of African-American pilgrims, one family reunion, one lost Floridian at a time
Can Congress override a presidential pardon?
It’s simply not the president’s jurisdiction. This may come as some surprise to the current officeholder, who last year tweeted that “all agree the U.S. President has the complete power to pardon.”
Editor’s Note: A politician’s sad attack on the homeless
It would be disturbing enough for an average citizen to have this privileged attitude toward people much less fortunate. But for an elected official to claim, as Petrea does, that a proper use of his power is to force the evacuation of people who live on the commuter route to his district because they’re an…
Akedo and The Ramen Revolution
For those of you that have never tasted ramen, it is a distant cousin to pho, but with heartier flavors and more featured ingredients.
Haybaby, Bethlehem Steel @El-Rocko Lounge
The trio keep it minimal with ominous bass and building high-hat hits before diving into grimy, sludgy abandon.
Get The Led Out @The Stage on Bay
Get The Led Out was founded by Zeppelin fans who are dedicated to recreating the English band’s studio recordings onstage
The Purple Party @Service Brewing
As classic hits, B-sides, and tunes from Prince’s proteges pour through the speakers, attendees will celebrate the release of the official Purple Party beer.
Soccer Mommy, Grace Joyner @El-Rocko Lounge
20-year-old Nashville native Sophie Allison brings her once-bedroom project, now-full band project Soccer Mommy to Savannah. Though she’s been writing music since she was six years old, Allison began posting songs she tracked on a Tascam recorder in 2015 before heading to NYU to study Music Business. After getting noticed by and eventually signed to…
Summer All-Ages Music Guide
From intimate coffee house performances to auditorium spectacles, these selected shows are worth marking on the calendar
Truckin’ with Melody
Southern Rock royalty is stepping out. Melody Trucks, daughter of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks and cousin of Allman Brothers Band/Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Derek and Widespread Panic/Hard Working Americans’ Duane Trucks, is carrying on the family tradition. The Florida native possesses the musical chops and inventiveness that her family is known for, but Melody’s main…
Tybee City Limits returns
With ragged vocals landing somewhere between Lucero’s Ben Nichols and Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood, Partridge is a captivating writer and performer
Property tax sticker shock: A closer look
The Chatham County Board of Assessors decided this year to give every residential lot in Thomas Square (and adjacent neighborhoods) a set price. Not a set price per square foot, mind you, which would make sense — just one flat price.
Anthrax: ‘We’re a blue-collar, angry band’
Anthrax brings a gritty, everyman New York sensibility to the stage
Cusses share powerful video for “Critical”
The track is a taste of their long-awaited album Golden Rat.
