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More Flooding and Storm News
I can’t begin to fathom what the folks down in Alabama are going through. I’ve been in and around my fair share of tornadoes, having grown up in the delta, but this kind of devastation is just hard to get a handle on. Obviously, thoughts and prayers go out to the folks who find themselves…
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Mike Collins, RIP
University of Memphis Political Science instructor Mike Collins passed away last night. My first semester back I was in Mike’s class. His encouragement and support led me to audition for he Mock Trial team which he also led, and have helped me push through the difficulties of trying to go to school, and keep the…
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HD-98 Results
Congratulations to Antonio Parkinson on his Democratic Primary win in the HD-98 election. This was a very low turnout election. The Commercial Appeal reports just 629 of the 30,000+ registered voters turned out to vote. The general election is on March 8th, the same day as the scheduled Memphis City Schools charter surrender vote. No…
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Mock Trial Fundraiser
As some of you may know, I’m a member of the University of Memphis Mock Trial Team. In fact, I wrote about our success at an invitational competition here. With the opening round of competition starting in about a month, we find ourselves in need of funds to help defray the cost of paying the…
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Thinking About the Chair
Tuesday, November 9, 2010, the day of his birthday, TNDP Chair Chip Forrester asked the members of the TNDP Executive Committee to elect him chair once again. The timing of the Chair’s appeal may seem indelicate. Just one week has passed since the most devastating election cycle in history, and just hours before the letter…
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Inspiring
Tonight I saw something inspiring. At the National Civil Rights Museum, teachers, students, administrators, and parents came together to talk to Bill and Melinda Gates, as well as the local administrators of the grant money, about the future of the Memphis City Schools. There’s a perception out there that MCS is filled with parents that…