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Tag: Mark Luttrell

  • Playing to his base

    Every once in a while someone does something that makes you wonder if they think you’re stupid. You’ve probably felt what I’m talking about a time or two. They give you that look. They slight you in some way. Or they sell you on a tax cut in an election year, to hide the fact…

  • Looking back, looking forward…

    The Election that barely was, and the election to come Before I begin, I want to congratulate all the candidates who ran in the Democratic and Republican primaries that just concluded. Your desire to serve your community is admirable, whether we agree on the specifics or not. As a candidate in recovery (potentially backsliding maybe…

  • Take Action: Support Mulroy’s Title X resolution

    On Monday, the Shelby County Commission is set to consider a resolution to ask the County Administration (Mayor Mark Luttrell) to put the contract for Title X services out for bid. As noted in this post, the number of people seeking out Title X services has dropped dramatically in the two years since the contract…

  • Win, Lose or Draw – State of the County, 2013

    This is part 3 in a series of 3 posts (part 1, and part 2) that looks at who came out ahead, who came out behind, and who didn’t move an inch in the past 12 months. As with all these type lists, they are both subjective and incomplete, so make any additions/corrections in the…

  • This Week in Bad Ideas – 3/21/13 #TNLEG #ShelbyCo

    When people think of the “silly season”, they typically think of political campaign time. These days, campaigning is a 24/7/365 affair. Think I’m wrong? Consider this photo of County Commissioner Steve Basar, taken by Commissioner Chris Thomas, who I ran against in the 2012 August election…at his first fundraiser of the season…last night (3/20/13). Any…

  • The Battle for Title X – Wrap-Up

    Over the past week I’ve written several posts about the contract to provide Family Planning services to individuals in Shelby County. The first post dealt with the political issues involved. The second post took a look at the services to be provided and inconsistencies in scoring based on the quantity of those services. Yesterday I…