Under our system of government, the number of meaningfully serious disagreements on City Council should really revolve around just a handful of votes every year. But, as is often the case in Savannah, personalities take precedence, and divisiveness for the sake of divisiveness becomes the order of the day.
Tony Thomas
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2019 Year In Review
1. Earthshaking Savannah election It was a seismic paradigm shift of massive proportions: Mayor Eddie DeLoach was voted out decisively after one term, with most every other City Council incumbent […]
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Editor’s Note: Savannah’s ‘OK Boomer’ election
To me, this is another major development of this election, every bit on par with politics and race and gender: The face of Savannah politics is now much, much younger than in years past.
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Editor’s Note: The Tony Thomas Conundrum
One of the most frequently asked questions in Savannah is, ‘How does this guy keep getting re-elected?’
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Kurtis Purtee: Keeping it hyperlocal in race for Sixth District
When I met Kurtis Purtee, the man hoping to oust Thomas in December’s runoff election for City Council, at a Savannah Mall coffee shop, it was supposed to be his day off
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Editor’s Note: SPLOST and the pork barrel
If infrastructure improvements are so long overdue, why did it take the green light for new private development in West Savannah for drainage there to finally be considered important enough to fund?
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Editor’s Note: The stage is set — an election breakdown
You have to wonder if the fact that there is no competitive race in Mayor DeLoach’s home district will depress interest and turnout where he needs it most, and paradoxically keep him from a second term.
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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: City budget picture acknowledged as ‘not sustainable’
Despite record-high tourism, record-high port activity, and a frenzy of development in some areas, City Council was warned in a workshop last week that “The revenue base is not growing as fast as the expenditure base.”
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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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Biggest Local Scandal
Longtime readers will remember that the Sixth District Alderman wasn’t always a perennial winner in these categories. He was actually voted Best City Council Member by our readers in 2008, […]
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Savannahian You Love to Hate
Longtime readers will remember that the Sixth District Alderman wasn’t always a perennial winner in these categories. He was actually voted Best City Council Member by our readers in 2008, […]