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Progressive Politics from Memphis

  • Smells like Leadership

    We’re up to day 8 of the screwed up ballot mess. Keith Norman released the following statement: I have been in contact with Commissioner Mulroy as of about 9PM on Tuesday night and I have left 1 message for him as of 8 AM Wednesday morning. I have charge of the ballots (i.e., with respect…

  • Paul Shaffer for City Council

    Here is the commercial that Paul Shaffer is running in support of his City Council Bid. Feel free to distribute.

  • I See a Blame Storm on the Horizon

    The fun with the SCDP ballot power grab, just keeps getting funner. Jackson Baker reports this morning on the “bash-Mulroy” session that was last night’s SCDP Super Secret Honeycomb Hideout Steering Committee meeting. For those just joining us, the meeting was called in the wake of SCDP Chairman Keith Norman’s failure to show at a…

  • The SCDP’s New Clothes

    So, this morning I mentioned a press conference that was to be held and attended by SCDP Chairman Keith Norman. What happens when the one person everyone wants to talk to fails to show up? They schedule a super secret meeting at the Whitehaven Branch of the Memphis Public Library for 6pm tonight, that’s what.…

  • Shenanigans at the SCDP

    There have been a flurry of posts concerning the ballot printed by the SCDP. While I cannot speak to the specifics of what actually happened, and don’t want to get involved in the speculation or finger pointing, what is clear is that the SCDP, like many other state and local party organizations, is suffering from…

  • An Argument Against Term Limits

    In my last post, I talked a lot about the Charter Amendments that are included on this year’s ballot. In that post, I came out against Term Limits. The position I stated in that post was really just a “quick hit” on my overall position as I noted in this comment. In this post I…