Progressive Politics from Memphis
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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…
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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!
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Consolidation Conundrum
When I moved to Memphis some three and a half years ago I had little knowledge of the communities that lie on the outskirts of the city proper, but within the confines of Shelby County. Arlington, Bartlett, Germantown, Lakeland…to me they were all just “Memphis”. I’ve spent a good long time thinking about these “Burbs”…