About this time each month, Georgia releases the revenue figures from the previous month. The state’s two major revenue streams — individual income taxes and sales taxes — are also good barometers of the economy generally. So today there’s this…
Month: March 2011
More details on Georgia banking crisis
I’ve written a number of times in this blog — and often in my column in the Savannah Morning News too — about the banking crisis in Georgia, which seems to have gotten more scrutiny from outside the state than…
Georgia democrats want a means test for HOPE
I’ve written previously about the necessary cuts to HOPE scholarships in Georgia. I thought that the Governor’s original money-saving proposal relied too heavily on cuts to Pre-K (where school days would be trimmed), but Gov. Deal has backed off on…
Savannah Stopover preview #7: Sanders Bohlke
This is the seventh in occasional posts previewing acts slated for the Savannah Stopover festival March 9-12, 2011. Check out previous posts about Astronautalis; Little Tybee; Class Actress; The Drenched Earth Tour; Murder By Death, Fake Problems, and Buried Beds;…
More thoughts on dredging and jobs
Those interested in the issue of dredging the Savannah River to accommodate larger vessels after the expansion of the Panamal Canal is completed in a few years should go straight to a piece by Mary Landers in today’s Savannah Morning…
Savannah Stopover preview #6: Sims
This is the sixth in occasional posts previewing acts slated for the Savannah Stopover festival March 9-12, 2011. Check out previous posts about Astronautalis, Little Tybee, Class Actress, The Drenched Earth Tour, and Murder By Death, Fake Problems, and Buried…
Opening of Psychedelic — a new phase in Telfair history?
I always believed that the Telfair Museum of Art should go modern with its new building. I won’t try to recap the decade-old controversy here, but many prominent Savannahians thought the planned new building should “fit in” — i.e, that…
Morning headlines: politics and the port, Georgia poised to mimic Arizona, Fannie and Freddie phase out debated, more examples of city bureaucracy
Lots of interesting headlines this morning. I could go on and on about each of these items, but I’ll keep it short. An interesting article from Maria Saporta with the Atlanta Business Chronicle on the pretty obvious political quandary of…
Pictures of and a few comments about King Street in Charleston
I was in Charleston briefly last week, just a quick wander around town after having lunch with National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon (Lord of Misrule) and some professors at the College of Charleston. (Jaimy spoke here last Thursday and…
Chris Morrill’s first year in Roanoke: a reminder of what might have been
There’s a great piece in the Roanoke Times about their current city manager — and our former assistant one — Chris Morrill: “New Roanoke city manager keeps a low profile”. Given the recent turmoil in Savannah over the city manager…