vibinc

Progressive Politics from Memphis

  • #MCS Following the Media – 1/21/11

    Now that the date has been set for a citywide referendum on the issue, it appears that a great deal of the rhetoric and whatnot concerning the ability of Memphis to determine the future of its school district has calmed a bit. That doesn’t mean it will stay that way, that just means that is…

  • #MCS Following the Media – 1/20/11

    What? Could it be? An emerging voice of clarity and calm? From the Shelby County Schools side? Surely not. Well, that’s exactly what Shelby County Schools Superintendent John Aitken was in this interview with Ernie Freeman. I encourage you to watch it. Despite all the back and forth threats and fear tactics that have been…

  • HD-98 Results

    Congratulations to Antonio Parkinson on his Democratic Primary win in the HD-98 election. This was a very low turnout election. The Commercial Appeal reports just 629 of the 30,000+ registered voters turned out to vote. The general election is on March 8th, the same day as the scheduled Memphis City Schools charter surrender vote. No…

  • The Propagandists

    So the media is all flipping out about my Congressman, Steve Cohen, calling propagandists, what they are… propagandists. In doing so he chose to use one of the most notorious propagandists of modern times, Joseph Goebbels. Folks have said he called Republicans “Nazi’s”. That’s not what I heard. What I heard was a guy that’s…

  • #MCS Following the Media – 1/19/11

    I start off today with something that’s not necessarily “news”. The blog Memphis School Referendum has posted a study that looks at the impact of school consolidation on home valuations. Verdict? No change in districts that have over 1700 students. De Soto realtors, don’t get your hopes up too high too soon. Ok, yesterday didn’t…

  • HD-98 Turnout – Updated

    Edited to add: Apparently the CA got the number wrong. The Election Commission reports that 268 people have voted in the election. Still, that’s way too few. The Commercial Appeal is reporting that only 166 people have voted in the HD-98 special election to replace Ulysses Jones, who passed away late last year. 166 people.…