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Tag: Joe Brown

  • 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…

  • Day 1 Turnout and Super District Contests – #memvote

    I voted yesterday. There were no lines, no waiting. All told I think it took about 5 minutes, 4 of which was getting the card to put in the voting machine. According to the Election Commission 2095 people voted yesterday at one of the 16 Early voting locations. That represents about .6% of the total…

  • 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…

  • Mr. Ross goes to City Hall

    So yesterday, I spoke to City Hall about the redistricting ordinance. I thought about doing a lot of things like showing up with 9 petitions and asking which ones applied to me, bringing a horde of people as “supporters”, all kinds of theatrical stuff. In the end I decided against it for a couple of…

  • 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…