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Month: June 2011

Turning Tom Lee Into a Park

Tom Lee Park is the worst riverfront park in the country. That’s the comment made to Memphis City Council last year by Riverfront Development Corporation President Benny Lendermon, and surely, this is an RDC statement we can all...

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The Failure of American Schools

By Joel Klein Three years ago, in a New York Times article detailing her bid to become head of the American Federation of Teachers union, Randi Weingarten boasted that despite my calls for “radical reform” to New York City’s...

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Our Fantasy Nation?

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF of New York Times With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals. It has among the lowest tax...

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Is It OK to Text While Lawmaking?

The legality of texting while lawmaking has been cause for debate, but Texas may be the first state to ban the practice altogether. From Governing Magazine: Scores of states and cities have recently enacted bans on texting while...

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Latest Bill Day Cartoon

Haiti, A Cartoon by Award-Winning Bill Day

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 →

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About Smart City Memphis

Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis.  Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist, author of two books, and consultant on public policy.  Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote that “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas. If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.

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