When budget hearings began, the amount needed by City of Memphis to fully fund the pension plan was $80 million a year. City of Memphis had been paying $20 million of the $100 million needed for the ARC (Annual Required...
Read MoreThere is a developing theme on social media that demonstrates just how badly Memphis police officers have shot themselves in the foot with their sick-out....
Read MoreOn the radio program on WKNO-FM, Whad’ya Know, the host often reads his favorite memos of the week. We were looking around on the Shelby County Government website, and we found this one which could qualify for the...
Read MoreShelby County’s tax burden just became more inequitable. It happened when four Shelby County Commissioners whose constituents are primarily within Memphis – Steve...
Read MoreThe following are the percentages of the public and private workforces that are union members in selected cities: Memphis Public: 29.3% Private: 5.3% Nashville Public: 20.7% Private: 2.4% Atlanta Public: 15.9% Private: 4.5%...
Read MoreDespite protests to the contrary, the Memphis firefighters union’s statement connecting tax freezes and city budgets (in its case, pension funding) was not an illogical connection...
Read MoreThe recent issue of the Memphis Flyer featured an update on the controversy concerning zoo parking on the greensward at Overton Park, but the most interesting aspect...
Read MoreIn 2008, former design director of the National Endowment for the Arts, architect, planner, and author Jeff Speck suggested that Memphis should return traffic to Main Street’s pedestrian mall. Buffalo is doing just that,...
Read MoreIt’s hard to think of an issue that’s been discussed more in recent years than talent. Usually, the “t” word is used interchangeably with “young professionals,” referring to 25-34...
Read MoreBack in September, 2005, we wrote about economic gardening and urged the Greater Memphis Chamber to adopt it as a priority. Economic gardening is an alternative to the traditional economic development recruiting aimed at...
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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 →