I’m not the only one frankly perplexed at the timing of all these very important announcements. Reading the tea leaves, you really wonder what was going on behind the scenes.
Savannah Elections 2015
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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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Editor’s Note: The Election and the “C” Word
For whatever reason — being new to the area, a general lack of curiosity, receiving calls and mailouts from City campaigns — hundreds if not thousands of people in unincorporated Chatham County were under the mistaken impression that they were eligible to vote in this City election.
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Challenge 2015: Linda Wilder-Bryan, Alderman at Large Post 1
IN ADDITION to the mayor, the City of Savannah has two “at-large” aldermen that represent the entire City. Linda Wilder-Bryan is the only challenger to Post 1 incumbent Carol Bell. […]
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Editor’s Note: The Mother Of All Lawsuits
Because of the remarkable scope of the lawsuit—four plaintiffs, 15 defendants, and a narrative going back to the mid-‘90s—it has potential to be the Rosetta Stone, the Holy Grail, linking the days of the Jivens crime syndicate and today’s Willie Lovett-era police corruption.
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Challenge 2015: Bernetta Lanier, District 1
IN ADDITION to city-wide election hot buttons of crime, poverty and government waste, Savannah’s District 1 hosts a tangle of high-profile issues, including the proposed Westside arena /canal district and […]