by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Economic Development, Regionalism, Taxation | February 4th, 2009 1:18am CST | Comments Off
Now that the chief administrative officers have fired off letters claiming that the other one’s government owes his government money, let’s hope they now schedule a time to get in the same room and talk seriously about the tax equity issues that bedevil Memphis taxpayers. In fact, it’s been a good week to remember that [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | February 2nd, 2009 9:37pm CST | Comments Off
With real estate values in the tank, retail sales plummeting, new construction halted and lay-offs mounting, the budgets of our local governments in the Memphis region are under severe pressure. It’s clear that there won’t be money for anything that is not absolutely essential this year. (And even spending on essentials will be questionable.) The [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | February 2nd, 2009 12:12am CST | Comments Off
With the odds against an indictment of Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton ebbing, we can only hope that federal investigators know what they are doing. It seems that more and more, after a decade of federal investigators stirring up rumors that involved everything from drugs to sex to bribery, the current grand jury investigation seems [...]
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