It has been a couple of months since the Shelby County Commission finally voted to give 140 vacant lots to Harold Buehler/Buehler Enterprises. This vote at least mercifully put an end to a debate that was both grueling and ugly....
Read MoreSometimes we think there must be something subliminal in the oaths of office of our mayors about defending the status quo at all costs. We thought of it as Memphis’s former mayor Willie W. Herenton, announcing for Congress,...
Read MoreThis week, the featured interview are two people who are working to fix problems in cities. The City of Flint is no stranger to economic struggle, but Flint Mayor Dayne Walling is working to diversity the city’s economy...
Read MoreThe reason we are so exorcised about I-269 and other sprawl-inducing highway projects are because they deepen the economic segregation that holds back Memphis’ progress. Memphis is #1 in economic segregation among the largest 50...
Read MoreThis is not another story about Overton Square and its buildings. Many of us are ready to give that subject a rest, at least for a few weeks. But as is often the case, the debate over that proposed redevelopment has unleashed a...
Read MoreBen Franklin wrote that nothing is certain except death and taxes, but it’s rare for death to come to taxes or tax breaks. Even unpopular taxes like the Shelby County Wheel Tax seem to have eternal life, while unpopular tax...
Read MoreWe can argue either way about whether the Wharton transition team’s recommendation about a Chief Economic Development Director for Memphis really matters, but for us, it’s not so much a question of who’s running things or how...
Read MoreDear Mayor Wharton, If you’re really serious about building Memphis into a City of Choice for young talent, and you’re really serious about creating the nation’s first office of talent retention and development, then I humbly...
Read MoreMemphis’ parkways, the great emerald necklace that encircles the historic heart of the city, is perhaps one of the best large planning projects this city has ever undertaken. Designed by George Kessler more than a century ago...
Read MoreThere will be boats docked at Beale Street Landing, but whether there is ever a single one moored there, it needs to be completed. That some people would rather put winning first – in this case, that means stopping Beale Street...
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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 →