Caitlin Philippo

This past Wednesday, center officials reported a confirmed total of 46 nests on Tybee Island, eclipsing the previous record of 35 set in 2022.

Sitting on 1600 acres just off I-95, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or FLETC, is a town unto itself, featuring its own ZIP code just outside Brunswick, GA.

While the Democratic Party has gained strength in Georgia in recent years, Bottoms’ suggestion to “imagine what we can do with a governor and two senators,” would be a major coup if realized.

The site of the wade in holds deep, dual significance for civil rights and the transatlantic slave trade. In 1960, eleven African American students were arrested on this beach for protesting segregation, an action organized by the prominent local civil rights leader W.W. Law.

Despite friction, the effort to secure the Okefenokee’s status as a World Heritage Site has been notably bipartisan.

Politics can be a small world. In the 2000 election for the same seat, Griggs lost to Jim Kingston’s father, former U.S. Representative Jack Kingston.

“I saw how people were going bankrupt trying to save their child’s life. I didn’t think that was good for the richest country in the world.”

“I am a Democrat, and I live in an all-red district, and I challenge the status quo 24/7. So, when I got to these town halls, which are open to everybody, I actually target Republicans because it’s building a relationship."

This campaign marks Griggs’ third attempt to flip the 1st District, which has been held by Republicans for three decades.

Hollowell and her supporters believe the shifting demographics of Savannah and its surrounding environs, combined with a people-first message, could make the district competitive in the general election this November.

“We don’t have real data, and we’re not all looking at the same data. How are we going to fix the problems?”

“I think that the root of almost every single problem we look at is the undue influence of money in our political process. And so, I think trying to fix these issues without fixing the root problem is just an exercise in futility,” said Wilver.

While resident comments repeatedly called attention to local government bodies, demanding higher standards and stewardship, panel members responded by kicking it back to the community, insisting that local advocacy is what moves the needle.

The question is not whether the property needs to be rebuilt. It is about the displacement of a community to make way for an arrangement that disproportionately benefits the City.

The decision was made after it was discovered that two CCSO patrolmen lacked the required certification to operate radar for speed detection.