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Tag: Jim Strickland

  • Who’s driving this bus?

    Memphis budget back and forth raises questions about long-term plans, vision for the City among other things If you’re not confused you’re not paying attention. To be honest, I’ve been on vacation for a week, and doing everything I can to not pay attention, but the events of yesterday’s Memphis City Council meeting snapped me…

  • Some More Thoughts on the City Council

    So I’m pretty sure there are some City Council members that think I was excessively hard on them in my last post. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t. I said what I meant and I meant what I said, that’s the best anyone can do. I am, and have been frustrated that this council has…

  • Redistricting Push Picked Up in Memphis Flyer

    Jackson Baker, the intrepid senior editor and political reporter of the Memphis Flyer, used some column inches in this weeks report to cover the redistricting issue that I’ve been talking about here. Lost in all the budget business as well as many other pressing city matters, is the very way we elect our city legislative…

  • I Can’t Decide? Can You?

    One of these lucky Memphis City Council members could have the pleasure of running against me, if only they would reveal their plans for redistricting their seats. Despite pleas from supporters, I can only run against one of them. Obviously, being that I am but a lowly blogger, I have some preferences. But until they…

  • It Hasn’t Worked Thus Far, Why Would It Work Now?

    In this morning’s Commercial Appeal, MCS School Board Member, Dr. Jeff Warren pens an Op-Ed prescribing the conditions necessary for a stand-down in the current stand-off between Shelby County Schools (SCS) and Memphis City Schools (MCS). The column, entitled “Let’s get MAD about our schools face-off”, calls for the two districts to come together to…