Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)Jonathan Cole reports at Grand Divisions that Councilor Janis Fullilove has received death threats for sponsoring the city’s proposed Non-Discrimination Ordinance: Last night, Memphis City Councilwoman Janis Fullilove informed me that she had received four phone calls from unknown numbers threating her life. Each death threat referenced Fullilove’s sponsorship of the LGBT-inclusive employment non-discrimination...
Of course, the Flyer’s Jackson Baker was on top of the situation: The last time former mayor Willie Herenton met with the assembled media in his South Third St. congressional campaign headquarters, he let that “free for all” sprawl for all of an hour and a half and answered every question under the sun....
Smart City Memphis discusses the problems that legendary Beale Street guitarist Eric Gales has with marijuana, and how our response to it has failed repeatedly, not just for Gales but for the community at large: We’re sure that before it’s over Mr. Gales will be treated by the attorney general’s office as if he’s...
The dean of Memphis political reporting goes into depth on the WMC-TV debate between County Mayor Joe Ford and Sheriff Mark Luttrell: The consensus of almost everybody who was on site at the Union Avenue studios of Channel 5 was that interim mayor Ford put on one of his best performances ever, looking mayoral...
Jane Roberts’ story in the Sunday CA might give you an insight: Memphis City Schools Supt. Kriner Cash’s annual salary of $275,738 makes him the highest-paid public executive in the county. Cash earns $100,000-plus more than Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and $125,000 more than Shelby County Interim Mayor Joe Ford. A comparison of...
Smart City Memphis asks that very question this morning: It looks like Memphis Area Transit Authority has finally reached a long awaited point: put up or shut up. For years, MATA has offered up numerous justifications for the sad state of public transit in Memphis. At a time when efficient, effective mass transit is...
Bill Dries in the Daily News reports on how Richard Hodges, mayor of Millington, has responded in the aftermath of the flooding that affected them more than any other Shelby County city: Millington Mayor Richard Hodges isn’t big on writing things down just to say they are written down. So, if you ask –...
Smart City Memphis is on fire this morning, and we are right there with them: More and more, regionalism is a distraction from the things that really matter for cities. That’s certain the case in Memphis, and it’s why we’re swearing off any regional plans and programs until it’s proven clearly that there’s something...
At 5 p.m. today at Centennial Park in Nashville, photographer Leslie Rodriguez will hold a photoshoot with Nashvillians holding a sign that simply says “Do I look Like Illegal?” Hispanic Nashville has the details. Hey folks – this is an impromptu photo shoot to get as many pictures as possible of people holding a...
Faced with backlash to their attempts to restrict single-beer sales in certain sections of Downtown, the City Council is delaying a vote on an alcohol-impact zone, says the CA: The Center City Commission is pulling back on one of two measures aimed at curbing aggressive panhandling. Officials with the Downtown development agency asked the...