Tag: Kenneth Whalum
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Democratic Candidates Speak at DWSC
Saturday, the three candidates for the Democratic nomination for Mayor spoke and answered questions at the monthly Democratic Women of Shelby County meeting. Below is video of their comments. The Primary for County Election is on May 6th.
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On the Whalum Decision…lots of questions
Ed. Note:Corrected issue of appointment to fill Reginald Porter’s seat. The morning’s announcement of a decision in the contested election results of School Board Dist. 4 brings up a lot of issues just weeks before the School Board is set to shift from 23 members to 7. The first issue is the now upcoming election.…
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Why Does Whalum Choose to Stretch the Truth?
You can’t always pick your messenger, and folks who maybe aren’t so interested in resolving an issue are more interesting on TV than folks who, you know, want to see school start on time and all, but it amazes me that our media is so lilly livered that they can’t even call someone out on…
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Manufactured Crisis
“What we have here is a failure to communicate”, as the line goes from the movie Cool Hand Luke. But what Memphis has seen since Monday is not a failure of communication, but an unwillingness to communicate in any venue other than in front of the cameras. What started on Monday as a demand for…