T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)Tom Humphrey with the deets on state Republicans. ow else can you describe leaders who sign off on a 3½ percent, $230 million tax on hospital revenue — called an “enhanced coverage fee” — but pronounce dead on arrival a proposed $1.38 tax increase on monthly cable TV bills that has been paid by...
The Commercial Appeal thinks so. In an editorial published Sunday the Memphis daily takes a look at some of the crazy that flows through the lege in an election year. Voters should look at every vote with skepticism. Some representatives are doing their best to show that they will do anything, however illogical, meaningless...
Please Note: This is not a comprehensive list, but a compilation of posts and external resources that we’ve found over the past week. If you know of a resource we missed please Contact us with the county or counties served in the subject line. – Dyer County – Dyersburg is one of the counties...
Please Note: This is not a comprehensive list, but a compilation of posts and external resources that we’ve found over the past week. If you know of a resource we missed please Contact us with the county or counties served in the subject line. – Tipton County is one of the counties deemed a...
Please Note: This is not a comprehensive list, but a compilation of posts and external resources that we’ve found over the past week. If you know of a resource we missed please Contact us with the county or counties served in the subject line. – Shelby County – Millington is one of the counties...
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...
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...
We’ve all seen pictures of communities throughout the state devastated by the rains, tornadoes and flooding. These images are haunting. One thing I’ve been trying to get my head around is the scope of the damage. Several days ago, I wrote that this was a statewide disaster. Governor Bredesen is seeking Federal aid for...
