A Different View of Detroit
From Sustainable Cities: Mark Nickita, is an architect and planner Mark Nickita, principal of the city’s Archive Design Studio and a lifelong Detroit resident. In a very refreshing change from the...
Read MoreMonth: June 2011
Red and Blue State Voters Virtually Same on Issues, Study Shows
From Brigham Young University: Deseret News Salt Lake Tribune Editorial about the study in the Salt Lake Tribune Governing magazine Take a random person from a so-called “red state,” and the odds are nearly 50/50 that he or she...
Read MoreMore Than Politics As Usual
There’s the saying among African-American friends: “It doesn’t matter if we figure out how to succeed. White men will always change the rules so they’re still in charge.” It’s hard not to think of the comment as we watch...
Read MoreHow Educated Are State Legislators?
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: By Scott Smallwood and Alex Richards It’s a tension that dates to the founding of the country: In our representative democracy, should those who make the laws reflect the entire...
Read MoreThe Complexity Conundrum for Public Workers
From Governing magazine: By John O’Leary Government’s response to increasing complexity always seems to be more bureaucracy. This may be the wrong answer. Instead of trying to harness change, we have to learn new...
Read MoreWhat’s the Value of a Pension Perk?
From Governing: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene | June 2011 Tough economic times have made old-style budgeting obsolete for smart managers. In the old days, when times were good, budgeters could simply add a set...
Read MoreSustainable Shelby Revived…At Least For Awhile
Sustainable Shelby has 18 months to prove its worth and to become, well, sustainable. After a 21-month dormancy, the community’s first sustainability program has been resurrected by the Luttrell Administration with a...
Read MoreMemphis Region’s Demographic Trends Advance
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...
Read MoreSupporting Amie Vanderford’s Photo Adventure
We received an email today from a favorite of ours, Amie Vanderford, whose photographs are featured on this blog. Amy has embarked on a photographic adventure and needs our support. Join us in sponsoring her exciting project in...
Read MoreGuilty as Charged: Child Neglect by County Commissioners
Despite 65,000 at-risk children in Shelby County, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted to nuke its Office of Early Childhood and Youth. It’s all political theater since a dime increase in property taxes would...
Read MoreLatest Bill Day Cartoon
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 →