by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 9th, 2007 7:05pm CST | Comments Off
We’ve been inviting readers to join in our discussion about the meaning of the recent mayor’s election, and we received an email from longtime Democratic Party strategist David Cocke, and with his permission, we are posting it here. Mr. Cocke is an attorney with the Bogatin Law Firm in Memphis and chaired the local Democratic [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 8th, 2007 3:29pm CST | Comments Off
We’re always impressed by the quality of comments that we receive and the provocative opinions left by readers. Much of this normally takes place below the radar (down among the comments), but we thought the following comments to last Friday’s post, Turning Our Attention To Finding A Great Mayor, were relevant and pertinent to the [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 7th, 2007 11:30pm CST | Comments Off
Here’s the most telling statistic from the election for Memphis Mayor: * Willie W. Herenton 16.38 percent* Carol Chumney 13.35 percent* Herman Morris 8.21 percent Those are the percentages of the total number of Memphis registered voters who cast their ballots for each candidate. That’s right, less than 17 percent of Memphis voters decided who [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 5th, 2007 5:59pm CST | Comments Off
In light of yesterday’s election, we reprise a post from three months ago. We’ll have more to say on the elections in the coming days, but we need to start thinking now about where we’ll find the new faces and nontradtional candidates that we need for mayor in 2011. Here’s the post: Every city is [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 5th, 2007 11:35am CST | Comments Off
A few months ago, we asked you for a list of Memphis’ great streets and neighborhoods as a result of American Planning Association’s project to find the best in the U.S. We thought you might be interested in who made the cut. Here are the winners. Spoiler alert: no Memphis streets or neighborhoods is on [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 4th, 2007 6:04pm CST | Comments Off
Many things influence the way we experience the urban environment – the history of the place, certainly its form, others who share the space with us, even the sounds and smells. Our guests this week are shaping urban environments in their own special ways. Rick Kimbler and Kathleen Norris are remaking a history-laden neighborhood in [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 3rd, 2007 5:10pm CST | Comments Off
Well, we guess you have to start somewhere. But it would seem that only in Germantown would eating on a restaurant patio constitute a blow for smart growth. And yet, four G’town businesses are willing to take this bold step in urban living – American Café, Atlanta Bread Co., Starbucks and Yia Yia’s Café. We’re [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 3rd, 2007 4:56pm CST | Comments Off
Schools don’t report crimes accurately and this prevents a clear picture of the scope of the problem, 27 state attorneys general said recently. Hopefully, Memphis City Schools isn’t part of this pattern of inaccurate reporting. After all, in the most recent school year, there were almost 135,000 incidents reported within our schools. Fortunately, the majority [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 3rd, 2007 4:10pm CST | Comments Off
The real story about the millions of dollars of food thrown out by Memphis City Schools is yet to come out, according to inspectors at Memphis and Shelby County Health Department. The party line from the district is that too much frozen food was ordered and it was not stored properly. That was accurate to [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | October 2nd, 2007 10:43pm CST | Comments Off
While we seem to be unenthusiastically backing into choosing a mayor for Memphis for the next four years, Nashville is saying farewell to one who showed what a highly effective, highly engaged mayor can accomplish. From his election in 1999 until his last day in office a couple of weeks ago, Mayor Bill Purcell – [...]
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