Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Haslam’s sick joke
When it comes to writing letters that read like press releases, the office of Gov. Bill Haslam has it down pat. It may be the only thing they do well, other than cow-tow to Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey. But when it comes to putting pen down to paper to actually propose a plan…one that he…
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AC at bat
The whole AutoZone Park affair has shades of the baseball poem, Casey at bat. An idea, a solution for a downtown gem, that should by all rights, be a home run for a city that is trying desperately to keep the momentum going on its effort to revitalize the area. But a series of missteps…
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I hate to say I told ya so #TennCareExpansion
Back in March when Gov. Haslam announced the state would not be expanding Medicaid, I wrote a series of posts about the impact of this decision on rural hospitals. Seems like my early predictions are coming to fruition. In his March release, it says he’s announcing the “Tennessee Plan” which was supposed to be something…
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Nobody Won
Last night’s election results in the sales tax vote were surprising in the definitive margin of defeat…more than the defeat of the measure itself. It was an issue I struggled with, much like more than one of my friends. As a long time advocate of Pre-K, and someone who actually spent over a year researching…
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Thinking about convention centers
Twice now, in the past two weeks, Memphis City Councilman Harold Collins has publicly voiced his support for at least thinking about a new convention center here and yesterday, here. Earlier this month, Kevin Kane of the Memphis CVB told the City Council that the Cook was functionally obsolete, something I could have told you…