Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Following the Media – 1/4/11
The three biggest things happening today involve three Mayors, and a query from the Shelby County Elections Commission. First, both County Mayor Luttrell and City Mayor Wharton are getting ready for a transition, whatever that transition may be. Its not clear what power either of the Mayors have to help craft any kind of transition…
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It’s Not a Promise, It’s a Threat
The noise machine is cranking up again. After a week or so of cooling off during the Christmas to New Years media dead zone, the coverage got ratcheted up again yesterday thanks to a “press conference” from the good folks at the Shelby County School Board. But don’t be fooled. All the rhetoric coming from…
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Following the Media – 1/3/11
With the new year comes a new member of the Memphis City School Board, Sara Lewis. Lewis has been quoted as being staunchly against the surrender resolution. There’s been a great deal of speculation as to how her arrival on the board will change the political dynamics going forward. We’ll see. The Shelby County School…
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Following the Media – 12/24/2010 through 1/2/11
The Christmas and New Year’s break brought a bit of a respite to the whole school debate. No sense in trying to report things when many government offices are closed and people are on vacation. This is the quiet before the storm, enjoy it. There’s been a little bit of noise over the past several…
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Looking Forward to 2011
2010 is just hours away from being a memory. For me personally, it hasn’t been a bad year. From a political standpoint, for Democrats, liberals and progressives it’s pretty well sucked. I won’t go through the long list of setbacks, because I don’t think its constructive to looking forward right now, but I do think…
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Wharton Calls School Merger “Shotgun Wedding”…Really?
“The Watchdog” Mike Matthews spent some time today with Shelby County Schools Superintendent John Aitken and Memphis Mayor A C Wharton. Video of the exchange is below. Shotgun Wedding…really? The Mayor of Memphis is calling the legal prerogative of another body politic, as set forth by state law, a shotgun wedding? All I can say…