Tag: Memphis
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The Dynamics of Tennessee’s 9th District Primary
The Primary race for TN09 is on. Justin Pearson is challenging 20 year incumbent Steve Cohen. Primaries are a different bird than general elections. Much smaller. So how will Pearson distinguish himself from a 20 year incumbent?
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More Fragile than We Knew
As we near the end of week 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic, I find myself noticing just how fragile the world is. Its not what we thought it was. Just two weeks in supply chains are strained. Health systems are having to ration protective equipment. We don’t have enough tests to really know how widespread…
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Cameras are only part of the solution
16 shots. Chicago police released the video this week, after a year of legal wrangling, of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Over a year since the incident, the officer is facing first degree murder charges. According to police accounts, McDonald was a suspect in some auto burglaries in the area. The police also say…
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Shakedown 2: Role Reversal
After the announcement from Memphis City Hall that Jack Sammons would be taking over as the City’s CAO, I wrote this post, pondering the issue as either a shake-up or a shakedown. At the end of the post I posed a question: Is this shakeup the move of a leader who recognizes he’s got a…
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A Shake-up, or a Shakedown?
Monday’s announcement that Jack Sammons was Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s choice to take over as the City’s CAO is only surprising in that it took so long to happen. The mayor’s administration has been mired in criticism from city employees, and citizens who don’t feel they’re getting much in the way of anything (tax…