Category: Memphis Politics
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Say you want a revolution….
As of this writing, which began at 4am, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has won the New Hampshire Democratic primary by nearly 22%. That’s a pretty big accomplishment for a campaign that was declared ‘too radical’ just a few months ago. And while I know that New Hampshire isn’t exactly ‘reflective of American diversity’ as so…
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Cameras are only part of the solution
16 shots. Chicago police released the video this week, after a year of legal wrangling, of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Over a year since the incident, the officer is facing first degree murder charges. According to police accounts, McDonald was a suspect in some auto burglaries in the area. The police also say…
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Congratulations Delegates #SCDP
The Shelby County Democratic Party held the first part of their biennial convention Saturday, and with it comes a fresh crop of delegates to the Convention on March 28th. It doesn’t matter if you’ve already picked a candidate for Executive Committee to represent your House District, or if you’ve settled on a candidate for Chair,…
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The Caucus is the first step to rebuild the party
Today, the Shelby County Democratic Party will begin the process of selecting new leadership for the next two years at its Ward and Precinct Caucus. For the first time since 2007, I won’t be there. Truth be told, I haven’t been directly involved with the County Party since I resigned my post back in January…
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Shakedown 2: Role Reversal
After the announcement from Memphis City Hall that Jack Sammons would be taking over as the City’s CAO, I wrote this post, pondering the issue as either a shake-up or a shakedown. At the end of the post I posed a question: Is this shakeup the move of a leader who recognizes he’s got a…