T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The Memphis Flyer has a feature story on consolidation. After 10 years of informal talks, consolidation is back on the table. Last fall, the Memphis City Council and the Shelby County Commission voted to create the Memphis and Shelby County Metropolitan Government Charter Commission. State law allows the largest city in a county to...
Jackson Baker breaks it down and throws in some behind the scene stories at the Memphis Flyer.
Cracker has the story on Deidre Malone opening her campaign headquarters over the weekend in Memphis seeking the Shelby County mayor’s seat. Jackson Baker has a story about several of the races in Memphis as well.
Jackson Baker takes a look at the issues surrounding the complaint filed my Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz (8.3mb PDF). With the Med in financial crisis, and with a beleaguered county government (which just upped its own contributions from $27 million to $37 million) getting no or minimal help from equally strapped city and...
Jackson Baker caught up with Memphis Mayor AC Wharton after a panel discussion and this is what he found. Following the panel discussion, Wharton was asked directly what his reaction had been to Herenton’s rhetoric, with its essential appeal to African American voters in the 9th District to observe racial solidarity. The mayor responded...