The simple truth is that any successful City Manager must also build public trust, just as an elected official would. Possibly even more so, since they’re really the one at the helm of the ship, that does the hiring and firing in the trenches.
Stephanie Cutter
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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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Editor’s Note: SEDA takeover of Film Office spurs uproar
Not only is it likely illegal to dissolve the Film Commission in this manner—the Commission is one of many citizen advisory boards established by City ordinance —the proposal is unclear as to who SEDA might appoint, what that process will look like, and how transparent it might be.
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City Manager’s retirement and Club Rain closure highlight first Council meeting of 2016
The generous deal for Cutter – the search will likely take at least a year, followed by another year for her as adviser at full salary, followed by her full retirement pension – meant a contentious and racially polarized vote to terminate her will be avoided.
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Editor’s Note: Big announcements, after the election
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.
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Eddie DeLoach: The Connect Interview
IN ADDITION to owning the landscape business Tidewater Management, mayoral candidate Eddie DeLoach served as Chatham County Commissioner on the Westside from 1992 to 2000, and ran unsuccessfully for Chatham […]
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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.’
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Bait & Switch: The Fishy Tale of Coffee Bluff Marina
TONY THOMAS, the City of Savannah alderman who spearheaded its makeover, calls the new Coffee Bluff Marina the “crown jewel” of Savannah parks. Located on a scenic and moss-lined dead […]
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The Year in Review: News
1: FULL METAL JACKET Gun violence has been a part of Savannah life and lore for decades. But never before has there been such a high volume of shootings over […]
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Chatham County Chairman gives notice of police merger breakup
As expected, Chatham County Commission Chairman Al Scott sent a certified letter today to Savannah City Manager Stephanie Cutter giving formal notice of the County’s exercise of the option not […]
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County votes to split up police merger; City Manager issues statement
Earlier today the Chatham County Commission voted to exercise its option to terminate the decade-old merger of city and county police forces. Negotiations had been stalled for several months over […]
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Midnight train to Georgia
ON THEIR WAY TO SAVANNAH IN 1864, Gen. William T. Sherman’s forces tried to capture the Doctortown train trestle over the Altamaha River in Wayne County, Ga. In a fierce […]