Progressive Politics from Memphis
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More Flooding and Storm News
I can’t begin to fathom what the folks down in Alabama are going through. I’ve been in and around my fair share of tornadoes, having grown up in the delta, but this kind of devastation is just hard to get a handle on. Obviously, thoughts and prayers go out to the folks who find themselves…
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Nashville’s Done, Where Are We?
With all that’s been going on in Memphis; ridiculous rains, the Grizzlies, the schools saga, and the impending budget battle, as well as life generally; Easter, the end of a semester, work, multiple projects, not to mention all the shenanigans going on in Nashville, I kidna forgot about the fact that the Memphis City Council…
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“More money is more free speech” – Really?
Somewhere, Glen Casada is either snickering, or really dumbfounded that anyone would question that statement. More money is more free speech. That has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve heard from the failed candidate for speaker this year…and considering all he’s said, there’s some pretty stiff competition out there. It doesn’t take a…
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Calling a Horse a Horse
So yesterday I wrote this post about this bill that basically says to a class of people “not only will the state of Tennessee not protect you, we won’t allow our Counties and Cities to extend any kind of protection to you”. There are a lot of problems with the bill. One I addressed here…
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“God Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise”
The creek is rising…if you consider the Mighty Mississippi a creek. Two of the areas that will be hit the hardest were hit just last year…Millington and Dyer Co. Dyer officials breeched the damn levee to prevent a bigger disaster as the Mississippi river rises. Last year, during the flooding to the north of us,…
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Target Selection – 64>8
Monday night, the Tennessee State House overwhelmingly voted to restrict a local government’s right to determine the terms of contracts, or that is the ultimate effect. In reality, the bill was proposed by a guy who was offended that an entity who contracts with a government can’t discriminate at will, something the Federal Government has…