In my 14 years as a licensed guide, there is not a single instance where I’ve felt like my own right to free speech was being infringed upon. No one has ever told me what I can or cannot say on a tour.
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Editor’s Note: Condos vs. Culture
Why would anyone move into a condo on the busiest street in Savannah and then complain about noise? More to the point: Why is this unrealistic and entitled attitude taken so seriously by City government?
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Editor’s Note: The Rumble That Roared
LAST FRIDAY was an unusual day in downtown Savannah. The same day TV cameras surrounded former police Chief Willie Lovett as he was sentenced to prison on federal charges, new […]
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Editor’s Note: Ben Carter, tourism, and ‘unknown facts’
While tourism in Savannah is robust, our numbers of “actual” tourists are likely far lower than usually cited by local movers and shakers in order to justify whatever it is they want to do, and want us to pay for.
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‘Horses built this city’
The timing of the incident couldn’t be worse for the national carriage tour industry.
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Airbnb: Share a room, save the world?
In our Citizens United-flavored dystopia, the only person looking out for what’s left of the middle class as it continues to die a miserable death might be the paying guest lodged in your spare bedroom.
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Visit Savannah claims over 12 million visitors
Savannah had its third consecutive year of growth in tourism, hosting 12.4 million visitors last year, according to Visit Savannah. “This is a 2.5 percent increase in visitors from2011. The […]
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Editor’s Note: Doubling down on common sense
In last week’s vote to deny the petition of the out-of-town bus company we saw a carefully considered decision which properly weighed the concerns of the community, the desires of the business in question, and future precedent.
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Mighty Eighth gets National Museum status
The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum today announced the advancement of the museum to national status. The facility just off I-95 will be called the National Museum of the Mighty […]
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Analysis: Local economy solid mostly due to tourism
The Savannah area’s economy continued to grow in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Armstrong Atlantic State University’s latest Coastal Empire Economic Monitor. “While the relatively slow nature of […]
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Boy, oh, boycott
Organizations opposing House Bill 87, Georgia’s pending immigration reform bill, are planning a comprehensive boycott of tourism and in-state businesses if the bill is signed into law by Governor Deal. […]
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A glass half-full?
Next Thursday, June 19, Savannah’s City Council will likely vote (and likely pass) an amendment to its Alcohol Beverage Ordinance — otherwise known as Section 6-1223(e) of the Code of […]