Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The CA reports that Kriner Cash is ready to do what no one else has been willing to do here: CLOSE some schools with shrinking enrollments and merge others. Too bad they didn’t make this decision BEFORE they rebuilt schools in North Memphis: In four months, Memphis City Schools Supt. Kriner Cash expects to...
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...
The CA is reporting that Early Voting is brisk this August: Surging Republican turnout is setting a pace for early voting numbers in the Aug. 5 elections that would break the previous Shelby County early voting record in a summer election. Through Thursday, 30,388 voters had cast ballots, 28,856 since voting expanded to satellite...
Remember the General Services Division employees who decided to “retire” after being caught in potential scandals? The CA reports that the GSD is THROWING A PARTY for them. One hopes it’s NOT on City time: The city’s troubled General Services Division is planning to celebrate the careers of three employees who have recently resigned...
Oh wait, this article isn’t from Jay-Z, it’s from JB, Jackson Baker, that is, talking about Harold Ford’s endorsement of Steve Cohen: One has to give credit to former mayor Willie Herenton for even trying to spin President Obama’s endorsement of his congressional opponent, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, as a plus for himself. It’s...
In a move that many likely find surprising, Governor Phil Bredesen has commuted the death sentence of Gaile Owens. Here’s the Nashville City Paper with the coverage: Calling the case “complex and emotional,” the governor cited the “extraordinary” sentence rendered in the case and the fact that Owens had accepted a conditional plea agreement...
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...
With just under 10 days before the beginning of early voting, some of the races are really starting to heat up. Outside of the Governor’s race and the 9th District primary, the two races I’m following closest are in TN-08 and TN-06. I call these races the “Open Seat Challenge”. Both seats were held...
It’s Not Just Happening Here, Folks
Sean Braisted reports that the number of Davidson County voters pulling GOP primary ballots are almost as many as those pulling Democratic ballots: With the first day in from the start of expanded early voting polling sites, it looks as if Republicans have all but eliminated the early voting lead held by Democrats in...
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