City Council’s New Salary-Setting Power Calls For Clear Rules And Ethics
So, now, Memphians will see if they have put the foxes in charge of the henhouse. That’s...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 20, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Leadership | 0
So, now, Memphians will see if they have put the foxes in charge of the henhouse. That’s...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 18, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Health, John Branston | 0
By John Branston Bill Bryson is the author of The Body, A Guide for Occupants, an informative and...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 12, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
The majority of Memphis zip codes have recorded declines in crimes. It’s a trend line that...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 11, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Data Points, Downtown Revitalization | 0
The newspaper article didn’t so much bury the lede as miss it altogether. Faced with a dramatic...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 6, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 4, 2024 | Data Points | 0
Here’s hoping that the ratings of WMC-TV (Channel 5) have shown the same improvement that...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Nov 2, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 28, 2024 | City of Memphis Government, Parks and Greening | 2
The Daily Memphian headline got it wrong. It said Memphis parks are in the top 1% of city parks...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 26, 2024 | Cartoons | 1
Former Memphian and Commercial Appeal cartoonist Bill Day is the recipient of numerous...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 25, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0
Clean Memphis, the 16-year-old grassroots organization that reduces food waste and implements...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 23, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is taking victory laps about her 2001 role when she was a state...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 21, 2024 | John Branston, Uncategorized | 3
By John Branston Like him or not, Elon Musk should be reconsidered by skeptics because having his...
Read Moreby 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 →
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.