Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Changing the Charter – Updated
Update: New information about Instant Run-off Voting below that section… Last night, the Memphis Charter Commission wrapped up it’s business before the November 4th election. The Commission is proposing 6 changes on a range of topics. If you want to read the specific language that was adopted, go to the ChangeMemphis site and click on…
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The Second Chance Club
I’ve never taken the time to hang out at the Election Commission right around the filing deadline, but I did today. Not only was it educational, but drama filled. I’m calling this race “The Second Chance Club”. Five former candidates for City Council; Conrad, Lit, Parkinson, Stephens, and Wilder, none of whom should come as…
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Meet Your Candidates!
The filing deadline has passed, and even though we still have a week for people to change their minds (pull out), here are the candidates that have qualified for the ballot. These names started out in a particular order, but ended up all crazy. Order should not be taken as any kind of endorsement or…
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Why I’m Not Running
I’ve been avoiding this post for a week now. Even though I pulled a petition for City Council District 9, Position 1, I’m not running. This decision came with a lot of hand wringing and hair pulling. While I would like to put the blame on the recent wreck I had, that only played a…
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District 9, Position 1 – Who's in and Who's Out
Filed Petitions (Alpha by date filed)Kemp Conrad, Jimmy Ogle, Mary Wilder, Lester Lit, Arnett Montague III, Richard Stringer, Regina Morrison Newman Pulled But Not Filed – Deadline to File Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:00PMMaria Newman, Brian Stephens, Mike Karel, Nicholas Ayers, Steve Ross, Antonio Parkinson, John Willingham People We Know Won’t Be RunningSteve Ross –…
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Promises, Promises…
You made me promises promises,Knowing I’d believe,Promises promises,You knew you’d never keep – Naked Eyes Yesterday, the Memphis City Council decided against bringing two charter proposals up for vote in the November 4th election. Some of the details can be found here. Basically, there were two items up for a vote. One would give the…