T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The Dyersburg State Gazette reports that the flood has exacerbated an already tenuous budget situation: Creating the 2010-11 Dyer County budget isn’t expected to be easy this year. Revenues are falling – and the recent flood is expected to make matters worse. Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill said the property assessor’s office is working...
And Bill Dries of the Daily News is right there to report it: Millington Mayor Richard Hodges was beginning to get a little hot under the collar by Wednesday afternoon. The town and parts of Naval Support Activity Mid-South were hit harder by the weekend flooding than any other part of Shelby County. President...
Per a tweet from Robert D Edwards of Action News 5, WMC-TV is carrying the entire telethon on digital channel 5.3, and the 9-10 PM portion LIVE on Channel 5. Heh, they even used the #TNFlood hashtag!: RT @RobertDEdwards: Join Keith Urban, Alison Krauss, Darius Rucker, Phil Vassar, Lonestar and more LIVE on WMC-TV5...
The CA reports here that the Humane Society is now sheltering pets rescued from the flood: The Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County is sheltering 30 to 35 cats and dogs — mainly cats — rescued after the weekend flooding in Millington, and numbers are growing, officials said. John Robinson, customer service and...
The Dyersburg State Gazette advises us that as one river goes down, another goes up: The Forked Deer has unofficially crested at 30.48 feet, Emergency Operations Manager Mark Grant reported Wednesday morning to first responders meeting at the Emergency Operations Center for a briefing on area flood conditions. Grant said the river’s level dipped...
Sen. Lowe Finney tweeted this moments ago: Was w/ Gov. Bredesen when he received call from POTUS b4 our flyover. Pres pledged to help in any way & w/ fed declaration of emergency. Wonderful news.
Gee, I wonder why THIS is happening? Tom Humphrey reports that there is a bill that would enable deputy sheriffsm such as Rep. Chad Faulkner (T-TN36) to run for office, even SHERIFF and possibly sue for any firing that may result. Says Tom: Legislation to endsre that deputy sheriffs can run for political office,...
First, Aunt B on the lack of national media coverage (sounds like Hurricane Elvis, eh, Memphians?): I can’t tell you how sick to my stomach it makes me that none of the national news stations are covering this. People are trapped in their homes, drowning in the streets, and the levees may break, and...
Thanks to our pal Mary Mancini of Liberadio and Christy Frink of Nashvillest, here is more information on the West and Middle Tennessee flooding. Volunteer & Donate: * Hands On Nashville (on behalf of the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management) * Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee – Metro Nashville Disaster Relief Fund * Middle...
It would appear that way, according to this CA article from this morning: Concern is building about a Charter Commission task force recommendation eliminating civil service for future government workers if voters approve consolidating Memphis and Shelby County. A Human Capital and Customer Service task force report characterizes civil service as outdated and refers...