Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Congratulations Jim
I wasn’t able to make it out to the festivities tonight, but I wanted to take a moment to congratulate my friend Jim Strickland on his win tonight in the Memphis Mayoral contest. This is the first election I’ve had to sit out since the 2007 City election. Its been kinda weird from the sidelines.…
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Memphis City Elections – Early Voting Locations
Early Voting locations for the 2015 Memphis City Election. Locations are open September 18th – October 3rd. Hours: 10am-7pm M-F 10am-4pm Sat For more information go to: Shelby County Election Commission
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Profiles in Cowardice
Backing off his support of the CLERB isn’t the first time the Mayor lost his backbone at the last second Monday, the Memphis City Council met with key stakeholders to finalize a draft ordinance that would give additional oversight of the Memphis Police Department. The Citizen Law Enforcement Review Board, an entity that has existed…
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Congratulations Delegates #SCDP
The Shelby County Democratic Party held the first part of their biennial convention Saturday, and with it comes a fresh crop of delegates to the Convention on March 28th. It doesn’t matter if you’ve already picked a candidate for Executive Committee to represent your House District, or if you’ve settled on a candidate for Chair,…
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The Caucus is the first step to rebuild the party
Today, the Shelby County Democratic Party will begin the process of selecting new leadership for the next two years at its Ward and Precinct Caucus. For the first time since 2007, I won’t be there. Truth be told, I haven’t been directly involved with the County Party since I resigned my post back in January…
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Shakedown 2: Role Reversal
After the announcement from Memphis City Hall that Jack Sammons would be taking over as the City’s CAO, I wrote this post, pondering the issue as either a shake-up or a shakedown. At the end of the post I posed a question: Is this shakeup the move of a leader who recognizes he’s got a…