Category: Education

  • #MCS Following the Media – 2/18/11 – 2/20/11

    Good afternoon. I’ve got a lot of things on my plate today, and I’m still catching up from the weekend, so no detailed update today. Here are the articles from over the weekend. The CA came out in favor of the transfer referendum over the weekend. Give that editorial a read, it’s a good one.…

  • #MCS Following the Media 2/16/11-2/17/11

    Quick Note:I’ve updated the Media Coverage page finally. Sorry, totally forgot about it. Today marks day three of early voting in the MCS transfer referendum. As of this writing, 343 people have returned ballots, though yesterday’s participating voters have not been added to the total. Click here to see the dates, times and locations of…

  • #MCS Following the Media – 2/13/11-2/15/11

    Today is the first day of Early Voting in the MCS Charter Referendum. Today through Friday the only location open is at the Election Commission, 157 Poplar Ave., Suite 121, from 10am to 7pm. On Saturday the rest of the early voting locations open. You can see a full list of places and times here.…

  • #MCS Following the Media – 2/11/11 – 2/12/11

    With all that’s happened in the past two days, particularly on Friday, I decided to go ahead and publish the media roundup for the past two days today. Mondays are traditionally low coverage days, but in the run up to early voting, there’s a pretty good chance that this will be an even greater version…

  • #MCS Following the Media – 2/10/11

    The Beginning of the End of the 30% Doctrine Yesterday finally happened. I say that because what happened yesterday wasn’t particularly surprising. Many of us have been waiting on it for over a week. Now that it has happened, there’s just one more set of cards to put on the table…the voters. After the vote…

  • #MCS Following the Media – 2/9/11

    This morning the State House is scheduled to meet at 9am to consider passage of SB0025/HB0051. Based on reports from Nashville, road conditions are pretty bad which could deter some members from making it by that time. Still, based on my understanding of House rules, once enough staff arrives and they get a quorum they…