Savannah chases away St. Patrick's Day snakes
By Lesley Conn
Now look here, all you eager, beer-guzzling St. Patrick’s Day visitors: The city of Savannah up to now has been fairly lenient with your excesses. Video cameras have captured the use of public elevators as urinals. Arrest reports and sanitation sweeps have documented the obscene acts, lewd beads and other disgusting behavior in abundance.
That’s all wearily anticipated again for the huge weekend crowds expected this year.
The snakes, though, have got to go.
Savannah city officials at Thursday’s City Council meeting announced they are drawing the line at public displays of snakes, lizards or any other creepy-crawly.
“If it has scales and is cold-blooded, you cannot bring it,” explained Marty Johnston, the city’s acting assistant city manager for management services.
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