We should provoke discussions and look at issues from more than one side. We should irritate and soothe, offer diversions and an index to our area's events. When appropriate, we should have a sense of humor. We want our area to be better because we are here. And, we want to be better because we are here.
Journalists have a tendency to be a mobile lot.
There are boxes in my basement with a series of yellow stickers indicating they have not been opened through a series of moves over a 25 year period. After 10 years in Savannah, Kohler tells me it is time to unpack and continue the search for excellence here. He even called me a Savannahian, the highest compliment. In the People section of this special edition you will read about some of our staff who consider it a privilege to be here. We hope some of that pride shows through in stories that reflect the Lowcountry and Coastal Empire as a part of a world community.