Tag: Ron Lollar
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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…
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It Hasn’t Worked Thus Far, Why Would It Work Now?
In this morning’s Commercial Appeal, MCS School Board Member, Dr. Jeff Warren pens an Op-Ed prescribing the conditions necessary for a stand-down in the current stand-off between Shelby County Schools (SCS) and Memphis City Schools (MCS). The column, entitled “Let’s get MAD about our schools face-off”, calls for the two districts to come together to…