I just listened to most of tonight’s forum with Jeff Felser and Edna Jackson, the final two who will face each other on December 6th in the Savannah mayoral runoff. The event was sponsored by the Savannah Bicycle Campaign, US…
Category: Living Savannah
Are struggling downtown areas shortchanged by local elections?
I can’t even begin to say how many frustrated downtown residents, commercial property owners, and business owners I know right now in Savannah. In my City Talk column today, I close with some lengthy (for a newspaper column like mine)…
Van Johnson re-elected to Savannah’s 1st district council seat, acrimony likely to continue
Van Johnson may have lost the support of many people in the downtown Savannah community (including many business owners who live and therefore vote in other districts), but he easily won re-election to his 1st district council seat with 68%…
Bell wins one at-large council seat easily; the other heads to a runoff between Bordeaux and Young
If you want evidence of Savannah voters NOT simply opting for candidates of their own race, take a look at the aldermen-at-large positions. Carol Bell, a black candidate, won Post 1 easily, with 64% of the vote in a 3-way…
Savannah’s 2011 general election: a good day for booze, school system, and term limits
Sunday package sales of beer, wine, and liquor was approved in Tuesday’s vote for every municipality in Chatham County except Garden City, where it failed 601 to 546. (One realizes just how small some of our municipalities are on election…
Mayoral runoff features Edna Jackson and Jeff Felser — both currently on council in at-large seats
There were only a few surprises in today’s elections in Savannah. As I had been expecting for weeks, the mayoral race will come down to a runoff between Edna Jackson and Jeff Felser. First, a few words about the also-rans.…
Photos from the inaugural Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon
Ok, let me begin by saying that I’m a little embarrassed that these photos aren’t better — and that I don’t have more of them. I don’t do much sports photography, and I certainly don’t often roll out of bed…
Major error in the AJC’s coverage of Savannah River dredging
From the AJC’s Signs look hopeful 
for deepening river: For Atlanta, the consequences are huge. Businesses across the metro region shipped $9.5 billion in cargo through the ports of Savannah and Brunswick the past fiscal year, according to the Georgia…
A quick look at Savannah’s changing demographics: almost all neighborhoods becoming more diverse
I’ve written in recent weeks about how changing demographics in the city of Savannah and throughout the region might impact this Tuesday’s vote. But the importance of the trends extends into many other areas too. I think Savannah’s diversity is…
Getting around town during the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon — course map, road closures, lineup of bands
My advice for getting around town during the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon: put off those errands for a few hours unless you have to do them early on Saturday. If you live in outlying areas, you won’t be affected much,…
With Edna Jackson as clear frontrunner, the race is on for second spot in Savannah mayoral runoff
Judging from a new poll by InsiderAdvantage, Edna Jackson will pick up the most votes in Tuesday’s mayoral election in Savannah. Larry Peterson writes about the poll in the SMN/SavannahNow today: Poll: Voters like Edna Jackson for Savannah mayor, Sunday…
Carving out a new future in “Butter”; a review
“Are these crackers for real?” asks Destiny, the sweet ten-year-old African American foster child, as she confronts the peculiar customs of white Iowans. Destiny finds a home amidst the weirdos in Butter, a screamingly funny new movie from director Jim…
Freud and Jung face off: Whose is bigger? (a review of “A Dangerous Method”)
A Dangerous Method is smart, entertaining, and provocative, but it’s still a surprisingly flat fictionalization of key moments in the relationship — first cordial and supportive but later bitter and divisive — between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. Director David…
Savannah makes the list of “America’s Brokest Cities”
The Daily Beast recently compiled a list “America’s Brokest Cities” using “data points weighted equally: the most recently available unemployment rate (August 2011), median household income, and average debt. Data is from a recent report by Experian and the Bureau…