It was one of those days when it seemed that nothing made sense to us. On one hand, there were reports that the Wharton Administration was softening on the completion of Beale Street Landing, and on the other, there was a City...
Read MorePossibly the only thing more disconcerting than the self-loathing that is such a regular feature of life in Memphis is the overly defensive attitude we exhibit when we finish on the wrong end of one of the meaningless city...
Read MoreWe make no secret of our support for the creation of a new government that takes the place of Memphis and Shelby County Governments, but changing the rules in the middle of the game to accomplish is not just poor sportsmanship....
Read MoreWhere’s Judy when we need her? She was granddaughter to one of Charles Dickens’s most memorable villains, Smallweed in Bleak House. Her grandfather couldn’t walk and was carried in a chair from place to place, and regularly, to...
Read MoreMatt Cullen is leading Detroit’s latest transit initiative, the privately-funding M-1 line along Woodward Avenue. Smart City talked to Matt about the impact he believes light rail can have on the city’s...
Read MoreMemphis doesn’t have to look outside its own city limits to find one of the nation’s leading economic development strategies. It’s taking shape at Union and Dudley in the form of the UT-Baptist Research Park, according to Kip...
Read MoreAt a time when cities were making investments to improve their downtowns, City of Memphis put our downtown up for adoption. More accurately, City Hall left downtown like a waif in a basket on the doorstep of the Center City...
Read MoreOur small town mayors have more herrings than a Scandanavian fisherman. The only difference is that theirs are red. They switch from one talking point to another, playing “what if” in an effort to poison the well before their...
Read MoreThe subject of police in city schools is fraught with emotion and opinions. It’s like arguing about the Bible. There’s something to support whatever side you’re on. There’s research that indicates that “security resources”...
Read MoreAlthough well-intended when they were first introduced into city governments, zoning codes became an instrument for sprawl and unsustainable growth. They up-ended walkable neighborhoods, increased greenhouse gas emissions,...
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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 →