Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Perfection at it’s most Perfect…
…doesn’t exist . Your idea of perfection is not my idea of perfection, My idea of perfection is not yours. That doesn’t necessarily mean we’re wrong, Just different, like everyone is. The world would not be better if everyone thought like me, It would be boring and stagnant, and a little frenetic. The world would…
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Poverty In Memphis
Everyone has an image in their mind of what poverty looks like. We all have some concept of what it means to live in poverty. Until you’ve lived in and around poverty, until you’ve actually experienced it first hand, you really can’t have any understanding of what it means, what it looks like, and the…
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TN Jobs Tour Day 5 – #TNJobsTour
DEMOCRATS EXPLORE EMERGING FIELDS IN KNOXVILLE ON DAY 5 OF JOBS TOUR Stop covers wide range of businesses; tour to finish Saturday KNOXVILLE – Tennessee House and Senate Democrats spent all of Friday in Knoxville speaking to business owners throughout the city as their statewide jobs tour explored emerging career fields. “All of the companies…
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TN Jobs Tour Day 4 – #TNJobsTour
DEMOCRATS DISCUSS CLEAN ENERGY ON DAY 4 OF JOBS TOUR Officials visit McMinnville nursery, Chattanooga State and area businesses CHATTANOOGA – House and Senate Democrats discussed agricultural and clean energy sectors as they continued their statewide jobs tour Thursday with stops in McMinnville and Chattanooga. Officials began the morning at the TSU Nursery Research Facility…
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TN Jobs Tour Day 3 – #TNJobsTour
TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS HOLD ROUNDTABLE, TOUR NISSAN PLANT ON DAY 3 OF JOBS TOUR Officials discuss technical jobs training and education SMYRNA – House and Senate Democrats continued their statewide jobs tour Wednesday with stops in Columbia and Smyrna, as officials discussed technical jobs training and the expansion of one of Middle Tennessee’s largest employers. “Today’s…
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The Fear of Knowing
Tuesday, the Memphis CIty Council took up an issue that would require a supermajority to raise property taxes in the City of Memphis. The measure, which was supported by Councilman Kemp Conrad, operates under the premise that spending by the City government is either out of control, or could be at one point out of…