Jim Morekis

On June 3, the MPC heard an almost desperate plea by a developer to be allowed to build potentially 225 new housing units on a 10-acre parcel that most people agree is the last remaining undeveloped tract in what is known as the Highlands Business Park area of Godley Station.

'The atmosphere tended to instantly weed out almost anyone who had a lick of pretension or bigotry in their body. This made it a dark, dusty, old-fashioned home away from home for misfits and oddballs of all stripes.'

Scott's career was effectively ruined shortly thereafter by charges of communist affiliation – a familiar avenue of attack against liberals and Civil Rights advocates in the McCarthy era of the 1950s.

'We budget around what we've been awarded. We would have made different programming decisions if we'd known that funding wasn't forthcoming.'

At five stories with the potential of a sixth “bonus” story, the new building at 20-24 E. Oglethorpe would tower over its only neighbors on the same block, the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum and the Ballastone Inn.

'Since Hyundai came in, we got flooded, and the waters never went down,' area resident Connie Shreve told the MPC.

A downtown Airbnb notorious for noise and disrepair complaints wants to add a second accessory dwelling unit -- much to the chagrin of its neighbors.

Vallely humorously described what he calls the “dicey operation” of gently, almost sneakily, introducing brand-new original compositions to audiences who just came to hear the old traditional tunes.

'I remember bursting through the door to my house and running to the cupboard we kept the flute. That was it. I stayed with the flute from then on.'

Kidjo has that rare gift of being able to make every person in the audience think she is singing and performing just for them, and talking to them alone.

The second segment was an original work choreographed by Savannah native Gabrielle Lamb. Called "Orange,” the dance was accompanied by live chamber music by the Manhattan Chamber Players.

"Flannery helped me understand my Southern roots. I would meet all these characters in her writing, and I’d say to myself, ‘I know these folks.’"

'I don’t think Oglethorpe intended four-lane divided highways and traffic lights... As you cross East Broad and head out President Street the lots look radically different' from the Historic District.

This is ethnic cleansing with a twist: Palestinians aren’t allowed to have a home, but they're also not allowed to leave.

The City has abandoned the long-held but poorly received policy of charging money for a daily wristband to drink. So you are good to go to get your drink on as per usual.