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Category: Memphis Politics

  • Looking Forward to 2011

    2010 is just hours away from being a memory. For me personally, it hasn’t been a bad year. From a political standpoint, for Democrats, liberals and progressives it’s pretty well sucked. I won’t go through the long list of setbacks, because I don’t think its constructive to looking forward right now, but I do think…

  • Metro Charter Commission Commentary – The Legislative Body- Part 3

    In my last two posts I talked about representation levels, and some of the plusses and minuses of greater direct representation in the legislative body that may come of a Metro Government. As we look at this, the question becomes, “How do we find the right fit for Shelby County?” Let’s consider some facts about…

  • Metro Charter Commission Commentary – The Legislative Body- Part 2

    Back in August the Memphis Daily News penned an editorial about the current Metro Government discission. In that editorial it recommended: The legislative body proposed in a metro charter should not under any circumstances number more than the 13 positions now on the City Council or County Commission. The commission represents the entire county with…

  • Metro Charter Commission Commentary – The Legislative Body – Part 1

    One of the biggest points of contention facing the Metro Charter Commission is likely going to be that of establishing the legislative branch of the resulting government. As I noted in a previous post, the make-up of the legislative bodies for cities that have a “Metro” form of government is diverse, ranging from 19 to…

  • Charter Commission Meeting Cancelled

    From Matt Kuhn, Policy Advisor to Mayor Joe Ford: The Charter Commission meeting scheduled tonight for 4 pm will be CANCELLED and rescheduled for Thursday Jan 14th at 4 pm in the 4th floor Commission Committee room in the County Building 160 N. Main. There is, however, some good news, despite the cancellation due to…

  • Classless

    As the old Sir Francis Bacon quote goes, “knowledge is power”. While that may be true, knowing something doesn’t necessarily give you the right to exploit it for personal financial or political gain. But people make choices, right or wrong, and there’s nothing you can really do, other than call them out when you disagree,…