by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Economic Development | July 4th, 2011 12:05am CDT | 2 Comments
Not since the days of Larry Finch and Ronnie Robinson has a Memphis duo received reviews as good as A C Wharton and Mark Luttrell. They’re scoring points, maybe not on the hardwood, but with the public where their teamwork is getting widespread praise. At no time since the county mayor’s office debuted in [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | February 7th, 2011 11:24am CDT | 16 Comments
Mark Norris sees himself as the Bobby Fischer of the Tennessee Legislature: the smartest guy in the room, the game as everything, the lack of respect for the opposition, and the obsession to win. This was never more obvious as when the Senate Majority Leader from Collierville filed his legislation to amend Tennessee law, ostensibly [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Economic Development | January 25th, 2011 12:49am CDT | 5 Comments
There is nothing more faddish than economic development. Cities centralize economic development, cities decentralize economic development, cities create five-year economic growth plans, cities renounce five-year economic growth plans, well, you get the picture. But one thing is undeniable: there is no substitute for an actively involved city mayor. That’s why Memphis paid a high price [...]
by SCM (RSS) Uncategorized | January 4th, 2011 3:00pm CDT | 4 Comments
It was reassuring and exciting that Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell have stepped forward with a process that ensures calm, thoughtful decision-making if the referendum passes in February. The following is what they released at today’s press event: City of Memphis and Shelby County transition plan for Memphis City [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | August 17th, 2010 12:17am CDT | 7 Comments
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 [...]
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 →
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.
