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Category: City of Memphis

  • Redistricting: When Will This Start Being Transparent?

    Our country is built on the idea of public scrutiny. The very sanctity of our representative democracy is balanced on our government’s willingness to publicly disclose what it is or isn’t doing in our name, and our collective will to demand disclosure. So when things happen, either by circumstance or on purpose, without the benefit…

  • Uncle Sam Needs You

    h/t Squalto Rant

  • Some More Thoughts on the City Council

    So I’m pretty sure there are some City Council members that think I was excessively hard on them in my last post. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t. I said what I meant and I meant what I said, that’s the best anyone can do. I am, and have been frustrated that this council has…

  • Walking and Chewing Gum Is Too Hard for the Memphis City Council

    If the Memphis City Council were conducting a survey on their strengths and weakensses, procrastination would be a huge strength, coordination would be a serious achilles heel. Grasping the magnitude of the issues and realities facing the city would be a mixed bag between the members, some performing better than others, some not even registering.…

  • Redistricting Push Picked Up in Memphis Flyer

    Jackson Baker, the intrepid senior editor and political reporter of the Memphis Flyer, used some column inches in this weeks report to cover the redistricting issue that I’ve been talking about here. Lost in all the budget business as well as many other pressing city matters, is the very way we elect our city legislative…

  • From Booker T. Washington

    via Ellyn