Category: City of Memphis
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It Hasnāt 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…
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Metro Charter Commission Meeting ā 12/17/09
Last night, the Metro Charter Commission met for the fourth time. From looking at the agenda one might conclude that it was going to be a barn burner with topics such as the fate of the two school districts, annexation, and Constitutional officers on the agenda. While the meeting was interesting, a barn burner it…
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Be a Part of the Conversation
Back in August, before the Metro Charter Commission was formed, I wrote a post about having a āfrank and actionable discussionā about government. Yesterday, at Shelby Farms, I was pleased to participate in the launch of an organization whose mission is to help foster that discussion. Rebuild Government, organized by Brian Stephens, seeks to build…
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Metro Charter Commission Meeting ā 12/03/09 – Updated (12/8/09)
Edited To Add: Added some links to the post and to the Resource Page Last night the Memphis/Shelby County Metropolitan Charter Commission met for the third time. As with any new board tasked with such a huge mandate, there are still some structural and organizational issues to be decided, as well as a lot of…
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Metro Charter Commission Meeting Thursday
At 4pm in Suite 850 of the Shelby County Administration building at 160 N. Main (Source), the Memphis and Shelby County Metropolitan Government Charter Commission will meet for the third time (as far as I can tell). You probably havenāt read much about this, because there hasnāt been much to tell. The first meeting was…
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Defining āGreatnessā
Yesterday in the Eye on City Hall blog Zack McMillan poses the question āHas Memphis Ever Had a āGreatā Mayor? Can AC Become One?ā. Itās an interesting read that lists many of the challenges facing our newly elected Mayor as well as the failures of past Mayors. From the post: Generations of Memphians have taken…