Search results for: “Metro Charter Resolution”
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Election Vs. Appointment and the Metro Charter Resolution
One of the biggest concerns voiced in the current discussion of the Metro Charter Resolution that has passed the County Commission, and will be addressed in the Memphis City Council on September 15th, is the “decision” to go with appointed Charter Commissioners rather than elected Charter Commissioners. Much of this has to do with Tennessee…
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Metro Charter Commission Meeting – 12/03/09 – Updated (12/8/09)
Edited To Add: Added some links to the post and to the Resource Page Last night the Memphis/Shelby County Metropolitan Charter Commission met for the third time. As with any new board tasked with such a huge mandate, there are still some structural and organizational issues to be decided, as well as a lot of…
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Why Now – Metro Government Resolution
One of the biggest questions asked about the Metro Charter Resolution is Why Now? To be honest with you, I don’t have an answer, but there do seem to be a set of circumstances and realities that make the possibility of creating Metro Government more likely. Public Opinion Just days before the 2007 City election,…
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Metro Government Resolution – Timeline
In yesterday’s post I addressed some concerns that were presented about the Metro Charter Commission Resolution currently before the County Commission. Since then, I’ve received comments, text messages, emails and phone calls about this, so I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at the timeline for this thing. TCA 7-2-105…
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Weekly Round-up: Working for a Living Edition
This week has had me so busy I haven’t even been able to follow ANYTHING. My rss reader is filled to the brink. My email inbox is overflowing. I missed both the County Commission meeting and the City Council meeting due to my return to work. I’m just now catching up on crap from Wednesday!…
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Happy to Oblige
On Facebook Tuesday, Councilwoman Wanda Halbert reposted a note that she originally posted on August 18th. The note, entitled “The Truth Hurts” dealt with several things including the Metro Charter Resolution. At the end of the note, Councilwoman Halbert states: I may simply be interpreting the information I’ve read incorrectly (that’s usually not a problem…