The truth is that this election year “tax cut” will actually result in a higher tax rate than the City had just a year ago!
Brian Foster
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Editor’s Note: Conflict over conflicts of interest
While Brian Foster is declining to run for reelection to City Council, it does raise a red flag that he would be appointed to the powerful Downtown Savannah Authority while still holding a seat on Council.
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Editor’s Note: The 20 percent solution
Almost completely left out of the discussion was the fact that the only reason this came up at all was because of enormous citizen opposition to demolishing the Seaboard entirely, including a petition that had nearly 4,000 signatures.
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Editor’s Note: Looking ahead to a hot political year locally
One of the frustrating things about local politics now is the bizarre insistence by many people that there are only two choices: Stick with what we have, or go back in time four years to the previous administration.
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Editor’s Note: Fire Fee is an equal opportunity offender
One is tempted to say that the most unity Savannah has shown in quite a while has been its massive opposition to the Fire Service Fee. And that’s why it’s probably going to pass.
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Editor’s Note: After the utility bill fiasco, now what?
Overarching this entire discussion is one of Savannah’s recurring themes: We are overly reliant on outside consultants to find problems and make the recommendations to move forward that we are already paying a City Manager and City staff to determine and execute.
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The Decision By The Numbers
ON Dec. 1, a runoff was held for three positions: Mayor, Alderman at Large Post Two, and Alderman District Two. Beginning in January after being sworn in, Eddie DeLoach will […]
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Editor’s Note: Race and the Runoff
As the grimly sardonic Election Gods would have it, and really largely by chance, every single runoff election this year pits an African American woman against a white man.
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Challenge 2015: Joe Steffen, Alderman At Large Post 2
‘I’ve lived here 17 years and the poverty needle hasn’t budged one bit. We need to try some different things.’