T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)Memphis Mayor A C Wharton released an amendment to the complaint against Wells Fargo. The suit accuses Wells Fargo with deceptive business practices, predatory lending, and a deliberate attempt to add unnecessary expenses to the loans. Most of this information was found through the testimony of four former employees. The amended complaint also lists...
Mary Cashiola with the Memphis Flyer writes about the impact of sprawl on city budgets. Noting that the city budget now appropriates nearly 65% of all it’s revenue for police and fire services, the question becomes, just how big should we be “Sprawl takes resources out of the existing neighborhoods,” says Sarah Newstok, program...
Smart City Memphis takes a sobering look at the budgetary quagmire that Mayor Wharton and the City Council find themselves facing: Troubling trends that have been gathering for 20 years, exacerbated by the last eight years of the Herenton Administration, have landed with a thud on the desks of Memphis Mayor A C Wharton...