Posts Tagged ‘ Shelby County ’

Who’s Really Gonna Run

February 11, 2010
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The Memphis Daily News asks the question for the upcoming County filing deadline… The top two countywide races were still taking shape Wednesday morning, and there’s ample evidence that what’s happening on one side of the partisan divide affects what could happen in the other set of primaries. Shelby County Interim Mayor Joe Ford...

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City Council and The MED

February 10, 2010
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The Memphis City Council is grappling with the prospect of funding The MED. The City Council voted Tuesday to delay a request for $2 million in temporary funding for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis so it can work toward a comprehensive plan to shift city school funding to Shelby County and fully fund...

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The ‘Burbs Aren’t Happy

February 10, 2010
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Shelby County’s suburban Mayors net with Interim County Mayor Joe Ford yesterday. From the looks of it, he got an earful. Ford opened his monthly Shelby County Mayors Task Force meeting with an overview of his efforts to fund the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. But suburban mayors instead used the venue to voice...

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Is Ford Gonna Run?

February 5, 2010
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The Memphis Daily News asks if Shelby County Interim Mayor Joe Ford is going to run for County Mayor. Answer…probably. Feb. 18 is the filing deadline for the May 4 primaries. The primaries for county mayor top the ballot. Still to come late this week or early next week is a decision by Interim...

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