by Jimmie Covington (RSS) City of Memphis Government, Taxation | April 8th, 2013 3:13pm CDT | No Comments
Do you think City Council and County Commission members really understand reappraisal programs and how they affect taxpayers? I doubt it. Basically under whatever tax rate is set after a reappraisal, some people will pay higher taxes, some will pay lower taxes and some will pay the same. Of course, a higher rate means more [...]
by Jimmie Covington (RSS) City of Memphis Government, Education, Shelby County government | August 15th, 2012 3:16pm CDT | Comments Off
In response to a question from us about the battle about sales tax increases, our favorite authority on school funding, Jimmie Covington, former Commercial Appeal reporter and now freelance journalist, offered his view of the taxes, the strategies, the law, and the possibility that Memphis children will have less spent on them. Here’s what he [...]
by Jimmie Covington (RSS) Uncategorized | May 14th, 2012 3:00pm CDT | 7 Comments
Recently released population estimates show things are not looking up for Shelby County and the Memphis metro area in terms of growth. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates–for July 1, 2011–show that more people moved away from the entire eight-county Memphis metro area than moved in during the 15 months since the official 2010 Census was [...]
by Jimmie Covington (RSS) Uncategorized | December 20th, 2011 2:00pm CDT | Comments Off
It might be called the case of the Phantom Tax Increase: The City Council voted to add 18 cents to the city property tax rate on June 21. Then council members failed to add the 18 cents to the rate when they approved the tax ordinance. The city’s news media didn’t understand what happened and [...]
by Jimmie Covington (RSS) Uncategorized | September 21st, 2011 2:00pm CDT | 1 Comment
The results are largely negative and I guess that is the reason the news media and local politicians have pretty much ignored the results of the 2010 Census. At least two of the results are historic: –For the first time in history, a census showed a decline in Memphis’ population during a decade in which [...]
by Jimmie Covington (RSS) Uncategorized | July 27th, 2011 2:00pm CDT | 21 Comments
It’s hard to find much positive news for Memphis and Shelby County in the results from the 2010 Census, a review of the data shows. Consider these statistics: –Shelby County had the lowest population increase during a decade since the 1870s when yellow fever ravaged the area. The 1870s gain was 2,053. The increase from [...]
by Jimmie Covington (RSS) Uncategorized | June 9th, 2011 1:39pm CDT | 19 Comments
The outflow of white residents from both Shelby County and the entire eight-county Memphis metro area rose to new highs in the last 10 years, census and birth-death numbers show. The figures reflect that 66,112 more white residents moved away from Shelby County than moved in while the area’s other seven counties had a white [...]
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Photograph by Amie Vanderford
This ongoing series of photographs is intended to show the daily lives of these single mothers in order to invoke recognition of their similarities to all mothers, along with understanding and empathy from the viewer of the strengths that these single mothers possess within the challenging situations they face. My hope is that newfound empathy with these mothers’ lives will give people some pause before they condemn single mothers when discussing issues such as welfare and other politically charged hot buttons.
