Category: City of Memphis

  • Things that Happened in Memphis 2/4/09 Edition

    Ed Note: This will not necessarily be a regular feature. In fact, I’ll probably forget about it by tomorrow. Still, I felt it was necessary. City Council Passes ā€œBasic Human Living Standardsā€ Law Yesterday the Memphis City Council passed a law requiring landlords to maintain basic standards at rental properties. *record scratch* You mean, there…

  • Residency Requirement Motion Dismissed…for Now

    As reported in the Commercial Appeal, Chancery Court Judge Arnold Goldin dismissed a motion brought by local attorney Jay Bailey (Source). The motion sought to chalenge the new residency rules passed by the Memphis City Council on January 27th. Under the rules, which do not take effect until the minutes of the prior meeting are…

  • Oversight, or Not?

    This morning’s CA reports that the Memphis City Council will be considering two charter proposals this afternoon for the November ballot. One proposal would give the Council the authority to approve Deputy Division Directors. The other would put contracts valued over $100,000 before the Council for approval. The Charter Commission addressed then dropped the contract…

  • Consolidation – What’s the Real Agenda?

    I’m no conspiracy theorist, though I have been known to come up with some pretty funny stuff to keep the Tin Foil Hat Club busy, but Herenton’s doomed strategy to force county residents into consolidation seems not only destined to fail, but designed to fail. Herenton’s been beating this drum since the mid-90’s, and he…

  • More on the Cooper Allegations

    It took a couple of days for our daily to notice, but this morning the CA finally had something on the Joe Cooper Testimony. The article is a sight longer than the one referenced yesterday, but ultimately, no new information…except for this exoneration of two former council members… “There were a couple of people that…

  • Cooper Implicates Ware

    This does not bode well for the new City Council… From the Memphis Daily News Specifically, Cooper alleged such relationships with council members including E.C. Jones and Barbara Swearengen Ware, as well as unnamed members of the Shelby County Commission. Since the election, one of my big fears was that a member of the City…