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Yesterday, Jackson Baker reported on the growing list of Memphis Journos that Willie Herenton doesn’t want to moderate a debate between he and Congressman Steve Cohen. From the article: The fact of Birch’s exclusion was first revealed by Cohen in a press conference at WREG Sunday night, scheduled during the hour that the July...
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...
Well, yesterday was kinda fun. A couple of hours after I published this post, Jackson Baker at the Memphis Flyer took the ball and ran with it noting that another candidate has been suspiciously absent from the state’s largest county. In a comment to that article, one person opined that perhaps Stephen Fincher (Who...
Yesterday I was given the unique opportunity to spend 8 hours in the blazing hot sun, in long pants. Without going into too many details of my work shenanigans, it was for a good cause. But the toll on my body has left me more than a little battered, bruised and burned this morning....
Jackson Baker’s been around the political block a time or two…or maybe twelve. So when confronted with an angry Willie Herenton at last week’s impromptu press conference right outside the Cohen for Congress headquarters, Jackson took it in stride. From the article: My question for the former mayor at the impromptu press conference he...
Former Indianapolis Mayor, Stephen Goldsmith, spoke yesterday at a forum hosted by Rebuild Government about the challenges of consolidation as well as some of the opportunities that unifying the two largest governments in Shelby County presents. Here are two looks at what he said, first from the Commercial Appeal: In an interview Tuesday, Goldsmith,...
With budgets tight and tax collections down, governments across the state are struggling to find paces to trim the fat. Here in Memphis one of the areas on the chopping block are three municipal golf courses. The Memphis Flyer talked with John Malmo, former chair of the Memphis Parks Commission about the proposed closures....
Chris Sanders at Grand Divisions and Bianca at the Memphis Flyer remind us that today is International Day Against Homophobia day. From the Memphis Gaydar Blog: To celebrate, the Tennessee Equality Project is asking people to make a YouTube video about equality. It could be a video about how the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act...
The Flyer’s Bianca Phillips reports on a City of Memphis plan to make it easier for low-income Memphians to find a use a bank that won’t suck out their money due to fees: Memphian Autumn Jones hasn’t had a bank account in years, and she doesn’t want one. “One bounced check totally ruined all...
Morning Coffee – Sharpen Your Pitchforks Edition
Yeah, I know. You probably thought the pitchfork sharpening season ended with the November 2nd elections. I don’t think you could have been more wrong. We live in a 24/7/365 pitchfork readiness environment now and that’s not going to change until people start feeling more certain about their economic futures. The harsh reality is...
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