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Tag: Mark Norris

  • Sen. Kyle Defends The “UnDo Can’t Do” Bill – #SB2762

    One of the more onerous bills that passed out of last year’s session was HB0600 dubbed the “Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act”. Sponsored by Glen Casada (R) of Franklin, the bill sought to remove the ability of a local government to set certain ground rules in contracts. That’s shorthand for enacting non-discrimination ordinances. Here’s…

  • Delay Tactics #EndMTR – Updated

    Update: Please contact the members of the House Environment committee and tell them you support the Scenic Vistas Protection Act. Contacts to the House Environment Committee: House Environment Committee E-Mails – Email contacts – Phone Numbers via TNLEAF Tennessee General Assembly – House Environment Committee Link Original Post follows… As reported by the AP, yesterday…

  • Bridges v. Walls – Annexation Edition

    This week’s big story locally has been the fight between the State legislature and the City of Memphis over the Gray’s creek annexation area. The two biggest issues revolve around A) a city’s right to annex area to expand its borders, and B) the desires of the residents of that area to remain autonomous. There’s…

  • Charter School Shenanigans

    Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam likes Charter Schools. In fact, he likes them so much that he wants to remove any caps on the number that can be chartered in the state and make sure locals have no say in the matter if they don’t want them. Have some chocolate pie, it’ll make you feel better.…

  • Norris’ Incorrect Assertion #MCS

    Last night there were a lot of assertions given by Sen. Norris to rationalize the effective disenfranchisement of Memphis residents in the transition process. Most of those assertions either slightly misrepresented reality, or were patently false. One of those assertions was that the Memphis City Council challenged the maintenance of effort law because they couldn’t…

  • Call to Action – State Education Committees #MCS – Updated

    Update: It was brought to my attention that SB0025 will be before the Senate Finance Committee at 3pm today. I’ve added the email information for members of that committee also. The Education Committee of the State Senate is meeting today to consider SB0025 sponsored by Sen. Mark Norris and SB0015 sponsored by Sen. Brian Kelsey…