Tybee Island, GA: Where I Planned To Retire

Tybee, a barrier island just off Georgia's coast at the mouth of the Savannah River that is beautiful year round. Transport ships from around the world travel in and out of the Port Of Savannah. Every one viewable from tiny, Tybee. The Native American Euchee came there to collect Salt(tybee)and council. Palmetto trees abound on this Island situated at the center of the South Atlantic Bight. Tybee was our little secret for about 20 years and people actually spoke about ... not speaking about ... the secret. heh City Of Savannah, a liberal jewel in the MAGA hat that is Jawja, has the friendliest, most welcoming folks of anywhere I've ever been. Some days I wonder wtf this old beach bum is doing out here on this Mesa. Really. I can smell that salty sea air right this minute ....

Island mayor battles Georgia governor over virus limitations 

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A small coastal city in Georgia that thrives on tourism closed its beach, fearing carefree crowds of teenagers and college students posed too great a risk for spreading the new coronavirus. Two weeks later, the state’s governor has reversed that decision, saying people weathering the outbreak need fresh air and exercise.

The clash has thrust tiny Tybee Island, east of Savannah, into a thorny debate that keeps cropping up during the coronavirus pandemic: How much can officials curtail freedoms during the crisis? And should those calls be made at the federal, state or local level?

Tybee Island Mayor Shirley Sessions, sworn in barely three months ago, has taken on Gov. Brian Kemp after state officials on Friday reopened the beach in this community of 3,100 people. The beach typically operates with city-funded lifeguards, police patrols and trash cleanup.

The change resulted from the Republican governor’s order that people statewide should “shelter in place” — that is, they should stay home unless working jobs deemed essential, seeking medical care, shopping for groceries, or other exceptions including exercising outdoors. It also invalidated any restrictions already imposed by local governments if they went beyond the governor’s limits.

That meant a unanimous decision by Tybee Island’s city council to close its beach was suddenly overridden, and Sessions said the governor’s office declined to reconsider when asked. Her blunt, public rebuttal to what she called the governor’s “reckless mandate” drew attention far beyond her small coastal home.

“As the Pentagon ordered 100,000 body bags to store the corpses of Americans killed by the coronavirus, Governor Brian Kemp dictated that Georgia beaches must reopen,” Sessions said in a statement posted Saturday on the city’s website that was quickly spread on social media and quoted in news stories. Tybee Island mayors are elected in nonpartisan races, and Sessions doesn’t identify as Democrat or Republican.  (The Rest Of The Story)

mmmmmmmmmm ... and between Savannah and Tybee, at the mouth of Chimney Creek .... Do You Like Crab?

The Crab Shack!
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I feel like such a ... 'Lubber' out here in the high desert country!