by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | August 5th, 2005 1:51am CDT | Comments Off
If term limits are an idea whose time has come, perhaps a good place to start would be the members of the more than 150 public boards in Memphis and Shelby County. Media attention regarding terms limits concentrates on elected officials, particularly those in Shelby County Government who were limited to eight years in office [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | August 4th, 2005 1:46am CDT | Comments Off
In response to last Thursday’s blog about ministers preaching hate, we received another copy of the following email, which seems to make a reappearance every few months, but which bears rereading: On her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observantOrthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus18:22, and cannot be condoned [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | August 3rd, 2005 1:07am CDT | Comments Off
For those who asked about the weedy welcome mat at Memphis International Airport, here’s a photo of what the “flower bed” that was supposed to greet our guests actually looks like these days. Let’s tell the truth. Hollywood doesn’t know what to make of Craig Brewer. It’s not about the kind of movie [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | August 2nd, 2005 1:21am CDT | Comments Off
Frustrations about the Shelby County budget are leading some county commissioners to do something they haven’t done in years – question the amount of county money being spent for a state office – the district attorney general. Some county department heads have complained for years about the increases in the budget for the attorney general’s [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | August 1st, 2005 1:19am CDT | Comments Off
Well, if nothing else, we’re consistent. When faced with how to sell Memphis to a group of International Paper Company executives accustomed to the high quality of life that their current Stamford, Connecticut, headquarters gets them, what do we do? We tell them how cheap it is here. Just think, these are executives who earn [...]
by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →
Photograph by Amie Vanderford
Memphian Amie Vanderford is a photographer for peace and justice. Her portfolio includes photographs from Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Indian, and her hometown.
