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August 17th, 2010 12:17am UTC
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It’s customary for optimism to accompany the election of a new mayor – either city or county – because of the hope that he and his mayoral counterpart will be able to work together to create a leap of progress for the community. The optimism surfaced when A C Wharton was elected county mayor, and [...]
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June 30th, 2010 12:10am UTC
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This could be Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s “McChrystal moment.” Sometimes, people step over the line, try to blur well-understood lines of responsibility and ignore common practice. Sometimes, leaders have to draw a line in the sand and say enough’s enough. President Barack Obama did it with General Stanley McChrystal. Now, Mayor Wharton needs to [...]
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June 22nd, 2010 5:49pm UTC
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Memphis Mayor AC Wharton is right when he says that the new Unified Development Code (UDC) making its way through legislative approvals is “the beginning, not the end, in creating the kind of city and neighborhoods we want.” More to the point, he said during his campaign that even after approval, he will continue to [...]
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June 16th, 2010 12:30am UTC
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Memphis Mayor A C Wharton has an ambitious agenda that he laid out during his campaign, but the goal he set recently surpasses all of them for its audaciousness: To make Memphis one of the country’s best-run cities. That is of course why he supports consolidation to correct the broken business models of both Memphis [...]
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May 11th, 2010 4:11pm UTC
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Remember the old political adage: Whenever someone tells you it’s not about sex, it always is. When they tell you that you shouldn’t take it personally, you should. When they tell you it’s not about money, you can bet it is. And when a Republican State Senator tells you that a bill isn’t about ethnic [...]
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May 6th, 2010 12:57am UTC
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Memphis city government has a chronic case of what political pundits call the John Kerry syndrome. It’s when the truth falls victim to an impenetrable conventional wisdom so engrained in the public psyche that anecdotes have more power than the facts. Here it’s not talk about Purple Hearts but red ink in City Hall. It’s [...]
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April 21st, 2010 12:59am UTC
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Last year, we wrote a series of posts about great mayors because Memphis has never had one. It seems like an apt time to revisit it to see how things are going in City Hall. Here’s the post: With A C Wharton now in the mayor’s office with a mandate for action, he – like [...]
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March 30th, 2010 12:53am UTC
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Can we now turn the page – not one in Forbes magazine of course – and quit talking about the miserable cities rankings? We’re becoming like the guy who knows he’s having an affair so he continually tells his friends how happily married he is. The continuing obsession with this ranking is beginning to summon [...]
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February 11th, 2010 12:01am UTC
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Memphis Mayor A C Wharton has one of the toughest jobs in politics – managing expectations. Following his landslide election, expectations ran sky high. Following eight years of neglect by the Herenton Administration, the demand for change was higher. Following years of inattention, the need for a more livable Memphis had become a crisis. All [...]
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January 7th, 2010 12:10am UTC
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The hardest part about being a candidate for change is delivering it when you’re elected. It’s even harder when the call for change is delivered in a mandate, because expectations are higher and patience is shorter. That’s particularly true here because City Hall has been limping along for eight years with no sense that anyone [...]
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- Innovation Dublin 9.1.10 9:48pmFrom November 10-21, the city of Dublin will host the second Innovation Dublin festival where venues throughout the city region will open their doors to showcase and promote all facets of innovation in the city. The festival provides Dubliners, entrepreneurs, students, researchers, artists and large corporations with an opportunity to discuss, promote and ce...
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- Using Technology to Inspire Community to Action 8.24.10 9:09pmThese days, as people use Facebook to support Haiti, end hunger, and stand behind other causes, social networks have become the place to make a statement. Yet those clicks don’t necessarily turn into a movement to better communities. At least not yet. With the Knight Foundation’s focus on fostering informed and engaged communities, they started looking at wa...
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- A Greener Welcome in Indianapolis 8.18.10 6:32pmBy the time the sun sets on October 7, Indianapolis will have ten acres of new natural area. Even more amazing: it will happen in just eight hours. More than 9,000 Eli Lilly and Company volunteers will plant 72,000 native shrubs and perennials, and another 1,600 trees along a path traversed by 100,000 vehicles a day.The project, A Greener Welcome, will natur...
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- A High Line for Harlem 8.3.10 9:48pmAn innovative urban development project, spearheaded by the Harlem Community Development Corporation, could bring new energy and excitement to Harlem. Tentatively called La Marqueta Mile, the proposed mile-long, open air market under the Metro North tracks would span 22 blocks and house as many as 900 vendors, providing enormous opportunity to local entrepre...
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- Redeveloping an Old City in the Right (And Thoughtful) Way 7.28.10 6:43pmSyracuse, N.Y. is “rightsizing the city” with the help of a partnership among Mayor Stephanie Miner, Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Vice President of Community Engagement Marilyn Higgins (both CEOs for Cities members), assorted neighborhood groups and business associations. An inspiring article posted on citiwire.net says that slowly but su...
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- The Accidental Giant of Higher Education 7.26.10 3:01pm"A woman with a plan" is the description the New York Times gives Dr. Nancy Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York. In very short order, she has turned the "unloved colossus" into the best economic development hope for the state of New York. "My belief is that to move an organization forward you have to have a comm...
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- More Federal Funds for Tennessee 9.2.10 3:09pmIn the federal Race to the Top, Tennessee is surely a competitor. The state will share in a $170 million Race to the Top Assessment Program grant announced today by the U.s. Department of Education.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]...
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- Zoo On Ice 9.1.10 9:07pmIt won't just be penguins skating around the Memphis Zoo this winter. The Zoo announced today that it will build an outdoor ice-skating rink, to open in November.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]...
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- Midnight Ride Hit and Run 8.30.10 6:33pmI've heard two accounts this morning of a hit-and-run during the middle of Saturday night's popular Midnight Classic Bike Tour. Apparently, around 12:30 a.m.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]...
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- More With MCS Consultant Jeffrey Hernandez 8.26.10 1:45pmAs part of this week's print extravaganza, I interviewed controversial Memphis City Schools (MCS) consultant Jeffrey Hernandez. His $1,500-a-day consulting fee, coupled with an intense animosity for him from some parents in Palm Beach County and his ties to superintendent Kriner Cash and deputy superintendent Irving Hamer, have caused questions about hi...
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- Art Scene 8.24.10 8:55pm(Sorry posting has been so light thus far in the week. It's been crazy busy around here.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]...
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- The Dance and Data of the Lemons 8.20.10 9:47pmLast week, the LA Times began an ambitious series focused on teacher effectiveness at the Los Angeles Unified School District. Using value-added data compiled from seven years of math and English test scores, the newspaper is exploring the (often, quite large) disparities between effective and ineffective teachers.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments ...
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