Tag: Memphis City Council
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Council Wants Second Shot at Holding City Back
The Memphis City Council thinks the City’s voters are just so dumb. Ten years ago, the fine people of Memphis voted to end runoff elections using a neat little system called Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). IRV does away with costly (around $250,000) and poorly attended runoff elections (6% of registered voters in 2015) by letting…
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Bad Marketing – Part 251,876
In the annals of bad marketing, there are tons of examples. Here in Memphis, the consistent winner is the Memphis Police Association.
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The Rent is Too Damn High (SCS Edition)
Memphis City Councilman Phillip Spinosa has a plan to charge the local school district rent for buildings owned by the city. That plan could further imperil a district that’s already struggling to pay the bills and cause real problems for the City in the long run.
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Profiles in Cowardice
Backing off his support of the CLERB isn’t the first time the Mayor lost his backbone at the last second Monday, the Memphis City Council met with key stakeholders to finalize a draft ordinance that would give additional oversight of the Memphis Police Department. The Citizen Law Enforcement Review Board, an entity that has existed…
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District 5 free-for-all
The entry of District 5 Councilman Jim Strickland into the race for Mayor of Memphis has set up a free-for-all in the race for his district. Right now there are four people who have either declared, or are openly considering a run. I’ll be honest with you, I only know two of them, and a…
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AC at bat
The whole AutoZone Park affair has shades of the baseball poem, Casey at bat. An idea, a solution for a downtown gem, that should by all rights, be a home run for a city that is trying desperately to keep the momentum going on its effort to revitalize the area. But a series of missteps…