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Progressive Politics from Memphis

  • Manufactured Outrage

    I hate to spill ink over something as ignorant as this, but I had to come back swinging eventually, so here goes. Yesterday on twitter I let loose a series of tweets and decided, this morning to use them to test Storify. [View the story “My Take on Local Media” on Storify] What brought all…

  • Collateral Damage

    Before I go on, I want to say it was wrong of me to lump in both the Senate and House Caucuses in my criticism of House Democratic Caucus Chair Mike Turner. Seeing as how he’s chair and all, it might lead one to think that he’s speaking for the caucus. That mistake wouldn’t have…

  • Overton Square

    I wasn’t able to attend the meeting Wednesday about the Overton Square development project, but from what I’ve read both here and here as well as the running comments I saw on Twitter Wednesday night, the project looks pretty promising. Loeb Properties has, as promised, put the presentation on their site as well as the…

  • Paralysis

    This isn’t what I wanted to write about today. In fact, this isn’t what I want to write about any day. But after seeing the manner in which this issue has been handled, I’ve got to say something. Of course, everyone has heard about the arrest of TN State Rep. Curry Todd – Collierville for…

  • Today is the Day

    Today is a big day for me, and several thousand people in Shelby County. Today is the day that I and several others go before the County Commission seeking appointment to the body through August 2012. This issue will not be settled today, but what happens today will have a pretty big impact on what…

  • The Battle for Title X – Wrap-Up

    Over the past week I’ve written several posts about the contract to provide Family Planning services to individuals in Shelby County. The first post dealt with the political issues involved. The second post took a look at the services to be provided and inconsistencies in scoring based on the quantity of those services. Yesterday I…