No Words Left
Today, we are speechless. We find ourselves suffering from a exhausting case of drama fatigue from the swirling events in City Hall. There’s really not much else we can say, except that it’s time for a fresh start....
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Reassessing The Facts About The Tax Rate
Shelby County Commissioner Mike Ritz continues to wage a war for truth in government taxation that would make Don Quixote proud.Or perhaps more aptly, he feels like the Amish shunned from the community for talking too much to...
Read MoreGetting The Buzz Right For The Mayor’s Election
There was a tree in my backyard that’s looked dead for some time, but I loathe to cut down anything, so until it became obvious that not even one small leaf would appear on it, I was content to leave it alone.But finally, it...
Read MoreThis Week On Smart City: Teachers, Travel and Planning
Research has shown that effective teachers are the key to student success. Yet our school systems treat all teachers as interchangeable parts, not professionals. In this environment, excellence goes unrecognized and poor...
Read MoreElecting To Talk About The Things That Matter
Contrary to the opinion of many economic development officials, tax freezes are not an indicator of success for Memphis. Rather, they are clear indications of our failure to create the more competitive city that we need for a...
Read MoreStimulus Money Short Changes Memphis
Memphis got screwed again, and the culprit was a familiar one – state government.Back when the promises were made that the economic stimulus spigots would be turned on in Washington, Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton joined the...
Read MoreDenver Brewpub Advice For The Next Memphis Mayor
To continue the theme that we began yesterday on what it will take for Memphis to recruit the kind of candidate that can become a great mayor, here’s the abbreviated advice from one of our favorites, Denver’s John...
Read MoreA Time For Great Mayors
It seems a good time to reprise a slightly edited post from July 5, 2006, which was also the June, 2006, City Journal column in Memphis magazine:This is the golden age of great city mayors.In Chicago, Richard Daley transformed...
Read MoreRemembering What’s Important
Kerry Hayes, always a wise observer of the Memphis scene, wrote some sound advice on his Facebook page about the post-Herenton era:Remember: Mayor Herenton’s departure is an opportunity, not a solution.Remember: the...
Read MoreMemphians Show Why Our Destination Is King
There’re many reasons that we respect Cindy and Kevin Brewer. They are the kind of talented people that we need in this city – young, entreprenuerial, positive. In their work and in their civic activities, they are...
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 →