Tag: transparency
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Memphis Needs a New Charter Commission
12 years ago, Memphis elected a Charter Commission. Voters weighed in on ideas the City Council wouldn’t touch. As the city prepares to celebrate it’s bicentennial, its time for a new Charter Commission to drive the City forward.
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Where is the Justice?
Another person has filed a complaint against Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich for hiding evidence in a trial. How many more violations are hiding in plain sight?
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#Baylor
I’m a sports fan. But I don’t talk about it much. I may have an opinion on what a coach does, but quite frankly, I usually don’t have enough of a foundation in sports to feel confident talking about it. I understand this doesn’t stop most people. So yesterday on the Gary Parrish show I…
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Transparency at City Hall
We’re just 11 days into the new administration at City Hall, and expectations are high for Mayor Jim Strickland and his team. Since his inauguration, Mayor Strickland has had his initial appointments approved, though not without some controversy from an appointees former employer. In this world of 24-hour news cycles, and extreme “I want it…
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Cameras are only part of the solution
16 shots. Chicago police released the video this week, after a year of legal wrangling, of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Over a year since the incident, the officer is facing first degree murder charges. According to police accounts, McDonald was a suspect in some auto burglaries in the area. The police also say…
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Profiles in Cowardice
Backing off his support of the CLERB isn’t the first time the Mayor lost his backbone at the last second Monday, the Memphis City Council met with key stakeholders to finalize a draft ordinance that would give additional oversight of the Memphis Police Department. The Citizen Law Enforcement Review Board, an entity that has existed…