Like it or not, government jobs have traditionally been good, stable ones, and we have been used to those jobs expanding in number as the population grows.
What do these cuts look like in the real world? Last month, almost 1600 people showed up for a city government job fair in Savannah, although the city only had 22 openings.
I became a big fan of Anderson East after his gig last June at The Sentient Bean. It was a rich and soulful solo gig — just Anderson and his guitar. I’ve been following the Nashville musician and producer ever since.
The declining labor force participation rate is largely the result of well-documented long-term demographic trends that we’ve known about for decades.
In the second half of my City Talk column today, I wrote about the symbolic importance of Savannah getting a Whole Foods. Coincidentally, a Facebook friend yesterday sent me a great piece from Salon: Whole Foods is coming? Time to buy
I enjoyed Cusses’ set maybe more than any that I’ve seen before — the music was both more intense and more intimate in such a small setting. Simply put, lead singer Angel Bond has got it going on.
Estimates vary widely, but the 115,000 jobs added in April in the U.S. is about the number needed to keep pace with population growth.
So that’s not a disastrous number under normal circumstances, but it looks pretty bad considering the deep hole we still need to climb out of.
One West Victory, with plans for 121 apartments as well as a relatively small amount of commercial space at the corner of Victory Drive and Bull Street, won fairly easy approval at today’s City Council meeting. I’m a little surprised by the investment that Jamestown and Greenstreet Properties is willing to make there, but I’m generally thrilled about it.
