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Progressive Politics from Memphis

  • Still Rising #memflood #tnflood

    A couple of days ago I asked, what 48′ means. I still can’t really say for sure, but it now includes the evacuation of 1000 homes. Officials are distributing the flyers by hand. Beware, there have been fake flyers up. Always be sure to ask anyone distributing flyers about evacuations to identify themselves. The Mayor…

  • Misunderstanding “Planning”

    There seems to be, either a fundamental, or intentional misunderstanding of the word “planning”. Planning is what you do when you know the potential consequences of your actions. Planning is taking that knowledge, and moving forward to either prevent, or ensure a specific outcome. The absence of planning makes one a slave to unintended consequences.…

  • Ethics v. Stacey Campfield #camporialaw

    It’s been a few weeks since my last post on the $1000 State Sen. Stacey Campfield tried to squeeze out of entertainer and author Del Shores for the luxury of debating Campfield on his Don’t Say Gay bill. In that time, the bill has moved through the State Senate and is scheduled for a vote…

  • Mr. Ross goes to City Hall

    So yesterday, I spoke to City Hall about the redistricting ordinance. I thought about doing a lot of things like showing up with 9 petitions and asking which ones applied to me, bringing a horde of people as “supporters”, all kinds of theatrical stuff. In the end I decided against it for a couple of…

  • Flood or No Flood, The World Keeps Turning

    This may sound a bit callous or cold, but it is a harsh reality: The world doesn’t stop just because we’re staring down the barrel of a disaster. Lots of things are going on across the state and the nation, and even though it’s hard to keep up with everything with all the flood information,…

  • Just What Does 48′ Mean? #memflood #tnflood

    I took this picture at 2pm on Monday. According to NOAA, the river was about 42′ at that time. The river is set to crest at 48′. That would put the water up on the street behind me, covering about half of the turnaround in this picture. Based on the FEMA models, that would be…