Month: August 2008
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The Veep-Stakes Fiasco
Ok, this is starting to irritate me. All the speculation, the wall to wall TV coverage, the waiting. I understand trying to dominate news cycles, but this is bordering on stupid. Technically, it’s not Obama’s fault. He’s just using the media’s flaws to his advantage. This is really a good thing. One has to wonder…
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Changing the Charter – Updated
Update: New information about Instant Run-off Voting below that section… Last night, the Memphis Charter Commission wrapped up it’s business before the November 4th election. The Commission is proposing 6 changes on a range of topics. If you want to read the specific language that was adopted, go to the ChangeMemphis site and click on…
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The Second Chance Club
I’ve never taken the time to hang out at the Election Commission right around the filing deadline, but I did today. Not only was it educational, but drama filled. I’m calling this race “The Second Chance Club”. Five former candidates for City Council; Conrad, Lit, Parkinson, Stephens, and Wilder, none of whom should come as…
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Meet Your Candidates!
The filing deadline has passed, and even though we still have a week for people to change their minds (pull out), here are the candidates that have qualified for the ballot. These names started out in a particular order, but ended up all crazy. Order should not be taken as any kind of endorsement or…
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Why I’m Not Running
I’ve been avoiding this post for a week now. Even though I pulled a petition for City Council District 9, Position 1, I’m not running. This decision came with a lot of hand wringing and hair pulling. While I would like to put the blame on the recent wreck I had, that only played a…
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District 9, Position 1 – Who's in and Who's Out
Filed Petitions (Alpha by date filed)Kemp Conrad, Jimmy Ogle, Mary Wilder, Lester Lit, Arnett Montague III, Richard Stringer, Regina Morrison Newman Pulled But Not Filed – Deadline to File Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:00PMMaria Newman, Brian Stephens, Mike Karel, Nicholas Ayers, Steve Ross, Antonio Parkinson, John Willingham People We Know Won’t Be RunningSteve Ross –…