Bill Durrence made it official on Monday, August 31, 2015 at 4 p.m. as he qualified to be a candidate for Alderman in the 2nd District in the City of Savannah. #billdurrence #Savannah #savannahcitycouncil #wakeupsavannah

"Osborne, whose claim to fame includes falling asleep during council meetings, and accusing at-large Alderman Tom Bordeaux of head-butting her during another meeting…" -- Tom Barton, Savannah Morning News & SavannahNow.com Tom Barton nails it in today's Savannah Morning News. Click here to read the full article.

Bill Durrence recounts his family history in the Southeast Region of the U.S. Dad, Wilbur Henry Durrence, Sr., was born in 1917 and died in 1974. He was from Claxton, in Evans County, about an hour west of Savannah. Because in my lifetime our extended family has always been of modest means, I assumed it has always been that way and that our family had no connection to the large plantations or slave ownership before the war. Dad’s first cousin, George Durrence, was a school

Mark Streeter recently featured the 2nd District race in his political cartoon. #electbilldurrence #savannahcitycouncil #Savannah

There were 5 citizens shot on Saturday night (early Sunday morning) in Ellis Square. Have we become so desensitized to events like this, they’re no longer considered front-page news worthy? For the record, page 9A on Tuesday. #electbilldurrence #crime #publicsafety #savannah