Money can’t possibly be the real issue. We find money for anything else that politicians and interest groups decide is needed or wanted. The real issue here — the real reason why Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police will no longer be “Metropolitan” after Feb. 1, 2018 — is control.
Savannah-Chatham Metro Police
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Editor’s Note: Two Savannahs, further apart than ever
Downtown Savannah could easily morph into a Disneyfied entertainment/tourism zone of corporate interests catering to affluent visitors, ringed with socioeconomic despair.
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Don’t shoot the messengers
Politically correct lip service isn’t the same thing as working towards diminishing the disparity between the cultural privilege afforded America’s white citizens and its people of color. In Savannah, there is opportunity every day to bridge that gap.
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Editor’s Note: The guns, the merger, the connection
Some of the more interesting things I’ve learned while researching the police merger issue.
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Music Opinion: When bad things happen to good people
In last week’s Connect, I pointed readers toward a Friday night triple-bill of unconventional rock bands at Live Wire Music Hall. First on that bill was the brand-new local trio […]