Category: City of Memphis
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Y’all Think I’m Joking Huh?
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Nashville’s Done, Where Are We?
With all that’s been going on in Memphis; ridiculous rains, the Grizzlies, the schools saga, and the impending budget battle, as well as life generally; Easter, the end of a semester, work, multiple projects, not to mention all the shenanigans going on in Nashville, I kidna forgot about the fact that the Memphis City Council…
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“God Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise”
The creek is rising…if you consider the Mighty Mississippi a creek. Two of the areas that will be hit the hardest were hit just last year…Millington and Dyer Co. Dyer officials breeched the damn levee to prevent a bigger disaster as the Mississippi river rises. Last year, during the flooding to the north of us,…
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Thinking About What Could Be
“There is no question that our current website is long overdue for a complete overhaul. My intent for a new MemphisTN.gov is simply to have the most helpful and dynamic website possible for the people of Memphis. We have surveyed the public extensively and have a very clear idea of what people want: intuitive design,…
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Sunshine Week
It’s Sunshine Week, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the weather, which is gorgeous by the way. No, Sunshine Week is a week dedicated to openness and transparency in Government, something that all too often is given lip service, but not actually followed through with. If the ability of the people, to be…
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Finding Comfort in “No” – Four Methods
Over the past several days I’ve started hearing strange comments from surprising places. While all of these comments have one thing in common, the idea that Memphians should vote no on the Charter Transfer because (x) has changed (whatever x is) is starting to make the rounds and honestly, I can’t believe the lengths to…