Category: Shelby County
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The “stunt” and the forgotten client
Update: Magistrate Hal Horne has issued recommendations regarding the contempt charges. He says “…Mr. Brown was attempting to provoke a riot in the courtroom which was filled with over 70 citizens….”. First of all, Brown is a retired Judge. Maybe we should use his title. Secondly, listen to the audio again, and tell me if…
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Take Action: Support Mulroy’s Title X resolution
On Monday, the Shelby County Commission is set to consider a resolution to ask the County Administration (Mayor Mark Luttrell) to put the contract for Title X services out for bid. As noted in this post, the number of people seeking out Title X services has dropped dramatically in the two years since the contract…
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Mulroy on CCHS and Title X – The skeptics were right
Well, that’s not exactly what he said on Fox13 News at 10pm on Friday…his actual words don’t fit into the headline, so I paraphrased. Mid-South News, Weather, Traffic and Sports | FOX13 What does Title X funding do? Here’s a synopsis from a previous post: Title X family planning funds seek to help women and…
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Democratic Candidates Speak at DWSC
Saturday, the three candidates for the Democratic nomination for Mayor spoke and answered questions at the monthly Democratic Women of Shelby County meeting. Below is video of their comments. The Primary for County Election is on May 6th.
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Win, Lose or Draw – State of the County, 2013
This is part 3 in a series of 3 posts (part 1, and part 2) that looks at who came out ahead, who came out behind, and who didn’t move an inch in the past 12 months. As with all these type lists, they are both subjective and incomplete, so make any additions/corrections in the…
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Thinking about convention centers
Twice now, in the past two weeks, Memphis City Councilman Harold Collins has publicly voiced his support for at least thinking about a new convention center here and yesterday, here. Earlier this month, Kevin Kane of the Memphis CVB told the City Council that the Cook was functionally obsolete, something I could have told you…