Tag: Henri Brooks
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About That Motion to Intervene…
Yesterday, the Commercial Appeal published an article about my decision to wade into the County redistricting issue. The decision wasn’t a difficult one. Ultimately, this comes down to the way we are represented in our County government, and the inability of that County government to do something that is, at best, an administrative task. To…
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Compromise and Discourse in Redistricting
If you’ve been watching the news or reading the newspaper, you’ve probably seen a story or 12 about redistricting. Federal, State and Local levels of government are in the process of doing that very thing here in Tennessee. The photo to the left is House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh and Caucus Chair Mike Turner. Both…
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Redistricting the County Commission
Yesterday, the Shelby County Commission again took up redistricting in committee. It was an interesting discussion, interrupted by an Executive Session, and a whole lot of questions about this and that. I’m not going to report on the meeting itself. In the end, the committee voted 6-4 to affirm the plan pictured to the left.…
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Wyatt’s Beanstalk
Once upon a time there was a man named Wyatt. Wyatt was a strange man, with strange ideas about service delivery. In particular, Wyatt believed that services are delivered magically by faith based organizations when government no longer provides them. Despite decades of evidence to the contrary, Wyatt believed in this magical mythical delivery system…
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The War on Kwanzaa
I’m sure Bill-O is peeing in his pants right now. As reported in today’s CA Probate Court Clerk Chris Thomas has filed a suit to stop the celebration of Kwanzaa on County property. The full text of the article can be found here. Read the article, then read the wiki on Kwanzaa. First of all,…