Politics
Nov. 14 mayoral candidate forum will focus on transportation and sustainability
Savannah mayoral candidates Edna Jackson and Jeff Felser will field questions about their positions on transportation and sustainability issues Monday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Hosted by the Savannah Bicycle Campaign, US Green Building Council-Savannah Branch and League of Women Voters, the forum will be held at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. The … Continue reading
Sept. 27 forum will probe aldermanic candidates’ positions on sustainability
A forum for Savannah’s at-large aldermanic candidates is scheduled for Sept. 27 from 6-8 p.m. at the Coastal Georgia Center. The event is organized by the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and The Savannah Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council. Details from the Savannah Bicycle Campaign: Alderman At-Large candidates will gather to field questions regarding their … Continue reading
Lawmakers propose disastrous, job-killing, backwards-looking transportation plan
In a July 5 article called “How the Great Reset has Already Changed America,” for the Atlantic, Richard Florida describes how our elected leaders are lagging behind and even moving in directions that suggest a disconnection from our current reality. He writes, “… our political and business leaders continue to look backwards, wasting precious time … Continue reading
Would oil off our coast cause us to change our ways?
In the early days of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, some local media reported the Gulf Coast’s loss could be the Atlantic Coast’s gain, in the form of tourists reconfiguring their summer vacation destinations. These stories usually included mandatory expressions of sympathy for the region dealing with the environmental catastrophe. Still, the disaster was down there. … Continue reading
Police use car vs. pedestrian crash to counter critics, warn walkers
I really didn’t want to write about this again, but it looks like the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department is casting a June 19 car vs. pedestrian crash as vindication of its unpopular crackdown on jaywalking, which was launched last month. With a headline that’s unusually snarky for a police department communication, “Still Think We’re … Continue reading
Transportation commissioner fired for failing to build unnecessary roads?
There were plenty of stories in the news late last year, which indicated Americans are driving less, despite the fact that fuel prices have fallen off a cliff. “We’re driving less even as gasoline prices drop” in USA Today described a corresponding jump in transit use: “While driving declined, subways, buses, commuter rail and light-rail … Continue reading
Great expectations for single stream recycling
Even before the City of Savannah began disclosing the details of its single stream curbside recycling program late last year, the complaints started rolling in. Additional grumbling ensued after the launch of the program earlier this month. From insistence that the program should pay for itself to griping about the color and size of … Continue reading
Business as Usual in GA
Ho-hum, Saxby. It is ironic that the same people who voted for “Balance in Congress” also voted to keep an imbalanced GA Public Services Commission. Jim Powell would have been the only one of the five-member PSC to 1) have real life energy policy experience, 2) be genuinely interested in developing GA’s clean energy sector … Continue reading
The Marina They Deserve?
Last week, in a case involving a proposed coastal Georgia development, the GA Supreme Court voted (5-2) for a narrow interpretation of Georgia’s 38 year old Coastal Marshlands Protection Act. The central legal issue before the Court was whether development on land adjacent to coastal marsh, rather than just in the marsh itself, is covered … Continue reading
Two hours, two e-mails, two different mindsets
It’s an interesting phenomenon: the tendency that some folks have to forward politically-charged or opinionated e-mails to everyone in their address books, whether individual recipients are known to be receptive to the message or not. Democrats. Republicans. Libertarians. Greens. Whigs. Bucktails. Know Nothings. Free Soilers. Communist Workers. Aren’t we all united by the fact that … Continue reading
