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Progressive Politics from Memphis

  • What I Want in a President

    I spent a good deal of time trying to come up with something “profound” about the state of the Democratic Nominating process for President. Some of these “profound” thoughts were better than others, but in reading other things that have been written, I came to the conclusion that anything I might say would just be…

  • Wharton Comes out For Consolidation

    From the CA Mayor Wharton announced today, in his state of the county, that he supports consolidating the governments of Shelby County under one roof. That’s good for the discussion…a reasoned voice that, perhaps, can lead the way. I just have one questions though…why not the schools? Sure Memphis City Schools are as much of…

  • Delegate Counter

    Want to keep up with the Presidential Race. MYDD has a handy dandy deelgate counter, for both the Democrats and the Republicans here Add it to your favorite website. I only wanted the Democratic one, because I couldn’t stand seeing Huckabee on top. Cheers and Good morning!

  • Consolidation – What’s the Real Agenda?

    I’m no conspiracy theorist, though I have been known to come up with some pretty funny stuff to keep the Tin Foil Hat Club busy, but Herenton’s doomed strategy to force county residents into consolidation seems not only destined to fail, but designed to fail. Herenton’s been beating this drum since the mid-90’s, and he…

  • More on the Cooper Allegations

    It took a couple of days for our daily to notice, but this morning the CA finally had something on the Joe Cooper Testimony. The article is a sight longer than the one referenced yesterday, but ultimately, no new information…except for this exoneration of two former council members… “There were a couple of people that…

  • Cooper Implicates Ware

    This does not bode well for the new City Council… From the Memphis Daily News Specifically, Cooper alleged such relationships with council members including E.C. Jones and Barbara Swearengen Ware, as well as unnamed members of the Shelby County Commission. Since the election, one of my big fears was that a member of the City…