Progressive Politics from Memphis
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#MCS Following the Media – 2/11/11 – 2/12/11
With all that’s happened in the past two days, particularly on Friday, I decided to go ahead and publish the media roundup for the past two days today. Mondays are traditionally low coverage days, but in the run up to early voting, there’s a pretty good chance that this will be an even greater version…
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…Fair and Impartial Elections…
The above screen capture was taken at 4:31pm, about 50 minutes after the start of the press conference at City Hall. There has been a great deal of controversy at the Shelby County Election Commission since Republicans took over the administration of the agency. In August, a problems in an election led to a lawsuit.…
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Separated at Birth? – Signed into Law
I posted this last night on twitter, but decided I needed to do a real side-by-side for effect. Maybe not, but there is a pretty strong resemblance. Oh, btw, Gov. Haslam has decided to make SB0025 his first bill signed into law, continuing a list of firsts his administration has fumbled.
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#MCS Following the Media – 2/10/11
The Beginning of the End of the 30% Doctrine Yesterday finally happened. I say that because what happened yesterday wasn’t particularly surprising. Many of us have been waiting on it for over a week. Now that it has happened, there’s just one more set of cards to put on the table…the voters. After the vote…
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SB0025 to Governor, City Council Approves Surrender – #MCS
This morning, as expected, the State House passed SB0025 which now goes to the Governor. There are three actions the Governor can take. He can: sign it, veto it, or refuse to sign it but allow it to become law after 10 days. Previous press reports have said that he would consult with Mayors Wharton…
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#MCS Following the Media – 2/9/11
This morning the State House is scheduled to meet at 9am to consider passage of SB0025/HB0051. Based on reports from Nashville, road conditions are pretty bad which could deter some members from making it by that time. Still, based on my understanding of House rules, once enough staff arrives and they get a quorum they…