Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton sent a stern note last week to the Memphis City Council that said its members need to restore full funding for Memphis City Schools.It prompted memories here of the late Jesse Turner Sr., the...
Read MoreThis week on Smart City we’re looking ahead for a view of the city in the year 2050. Maureen McAvey of the Urban Land Institute joins us to talk about what the city will look like 40 years from now, and what changes we...
Read MoreSomehow, it seemed appropriate that the sadness that enveloped us when the historic First Methodist Church burned down returned and intensified when another downtown landmark, architect Jack Tucker, left us April 5.No one in...
Read MoreThere are those who are dismissive of Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton’s media skills.From where we’re sitting, he’s the master. On a day when FedEx founder Fred Smith ventured into the halls of city government, the mayor...
Read MorePerhaps, the main lesson from the COGIC move of its convention to St. Louis isn’t that we took the saints for granted. It just might be that more to the point, we’re guilty of taking our tourism industry for granted.In recent...
Read MoreaIt was one of those weeks that just wears on our souls.That’s why we’re hoping that things will be better this week. It would almost have to be.There was the expected: approval by the gun nuts in the Tennessee Legislature...
Read MoreHow do you create green space in one of the most industrial states in the U.S.? Tom Woiwode knows. As director of the Greenways Initiative, he’s raised more than $125 million to build and maintain trails, orchards and...
Read MoreSometimes, it seems that Memphis simply runs the risk of falling off the grid in the future.We admit to these thoughts when we look at maps showing critical plans for the new economy infrastructure and the platform from which...
Read MoreNatural Resources Defense Council’s Kim Ranney notifies us about an interesting new website feature that uses Memphis as a spotlighted scenario demonstrating the impact of simple design changes.Picturing Smart Growth, the new...
Read MoreWho do the Memphis City Council members think they are? They continue to pass ridiculous ordinances without getting the blessings of Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature.We can only hope that the cowboy legislators who think...
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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 →