The Unchained Tour’s new video conveys magic of storytelling

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AJC: Why 3 Georgia regions voted for T-SPLOST

Three Georgia regions voted in favor of the additional one percent sales tax for transportation infrastructure on Tuesday — the Central Savannah River Area District around Augusta, the River Valley District including Columbus, and the Heart of Georgia Altamaha District in south central Georgia.

U.S. economy adds 163,000 jobs in July; unemployment up slightly to 8.3%; U-6 unemployment rises to 15.0%

The U.S. economy continues on a slow recovery. Given slowdowns in Europe and China and the long hangover from the housing bust, there’s very little prospect of a dramatically increased pace of recovery anytime soon.

Ponderosa / this mountain – Telfair Square – 09/01/12

Some great music booked for the Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s 4th Annual Midnight Garden Ride.

What’s next after the Coastal Region defeats T-SPLOST?

Down here on the coast, we don’t have the transportation problems that Atlanta has, for sure, but we have some much-wanted projects that need a lot of funding. So what happens now?

Eddie DeLoach appears to avoid runoff in Republican primary for Chatham County Commission Chairman

If DeLoach stays above 50 percent, and it seems virtually certain that he will, he’ll face Al Scott in the fall.


T-SPLOST getting hammered in Atlanta region by almost 2 to 1

Coastal Georgia T-SPLOST vote as of 10:30 p.m.

T-SPLOST apparently headed for loss in Coastal Georgia

UPDATE: T-SPLOST was soundly defeated in the 10-county Coastal Region.

Doug Mains & The City Folk / Sauna Heat – The Sentient Bean – 08/10/12

I’m really looking forward to this gig.

Case-Shiller: Home prices up in May, but still down compared to last year

“With May’s data, we found that home prices fell annually by 1.0% for the 10-City Composite and by 0.7% for the 20-City Composite versus May 2011.”

Photos of the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum’s North Garden, dedicated last Friday

There’s much more in my column. Here, there are just pictures: