While acknowledging that City governments can do little to enact meaningful gun law reform, the consensus was that it would so some good to send the resolution to some people who can, such as our two Senators and our House delegation.
Julian Miller
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Editor’s Note: Smoke and mirrors of another election year
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!
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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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Nick Palumbo to run for Fourth District Alderman
SHAKING UP this year’s upcoming City of Savannah elections, popular local neighborhood activist Nick Palumbo is going to run for City Council in the Fourth District, currently represented by Julian […]
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Editor’s Note: Poverty, behind the numbers
Savannah, while undeniably trending better, is still hurting by comparison not only with the rest of the country, but with the rest of the state.
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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: The Stage on Bay’s cautionary tale
But in the end, The Stage on Bay’s main problem was probably the same issue that critics of the Arena point out: Its location off the beaten path.
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Editor’s Note: Arena project bogging down before it starts?
‘If you amend the policy and decide on a new policy, then that means we will mostly likely have to reject all the bids and go back out, and you’re looking at another six-month delay on the Arena,’ Hernandez explained, adding that ‘it taints the contract award process if we change it midstream.’
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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: Tony Thomas takes City Council with him to rock bottom
JUST TWO DAYS after the incredibly ugly spectacle of last week’s censure hearing of Alderman Tony Thomas, City Council entered a retreat to come up with a strategic plan for […]
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Editor’s Note: Another day, another bad zoning decision
A QUESTIONABLE zoning decision by Savannah City Council is barely newsworthy these days. Like death and taxes, they seem inevitable and unavoidable. More and more good-hearted, engaged citizens I know […]
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Controversial self-storage facility comes before City Council
WHAT DO you do if you want to build a controversial project, but you’re already 0-3 in front of the Metropolitan Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals? Why, […]