Progressive Politics from Memphis
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#MCS Following the Media – 2/18/11 – 2/20/11
Good afternoon. I’ve got a lot of things on my plate today, and I’m still catching up from the weekend, so no detailed update today. Here are the articles from over the weekend. The CA came out in favor of the transfer referendum over the weekend. Give that editorial a read, it’s a good one.…
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#MCS Following the Media 2/16/11-2/17/11
Quick Note:I’ve updated the Media Coverage page finally. Sorry, totally forgot about it. Today marks day three of early voting in the MCS transfer referendum. As of this writing, 343 people have returned ballots, though yesterday’s participating voters have not been added to the total. Click here to see the dates, times and locations of…
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#MCS Following the Media – 2/13/11-2/15/11
Today is the first day of Early Voting in the MCS Charter Referendum. Today through Friday the only location open is at the Election Commission, 157 Poplar Ave., Suite 121, from 10am to 7pm. On Saturday the rest of the early voting locations open. You can see a full list of places and times here.…
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Finding Comfort in “No” – Four Methods
Over the past several days I’ve started hearing strange comments from surprising places. While all of these comments have one thing in common, the idea that Memphians should vote no on the Charter Transfer because (x) has changed (whatever x is) is starting to make the rounds and honestly, I can’t believe the lengths to…
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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.…