Turning Anger Into Action: The Memphis Summit on Violent Crime
Shelby County Attorney General Steve Mulroy is organizing an August 31 “crime summit”...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jul 31, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 2
Shelby County Attorney General Steve Mulroy is organizing an August 31 “crime summit”...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 26, 2023 | Criminal Justice | 0
Graph: Major Violent Crime Rate On occasion, I post a commentary from this blog’s archive...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | May 15, 2023 | Civil Rights, Criminal Justice | 0
Abe Fortas, the only Memphis U.S. Supreme Court justice and author of landmark rulings, did the...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 27, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
The violent crime rate for the first quarter of this year dashed all hopes that the dip from a...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 25, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, State Government, Tennessee Legislature | 2
The good news is the Tennessee Legislature, especially the super-majority from all the po-dunk...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Apr 19, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 1
Logo of Newark Street Team. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland was elected to reduce crime and...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 20, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
For the worst possible reason, Memphis Police Department now embarks on what needs to be a...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Feb 3, 2023 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, Media | 1
Before you go on, close your eyes for a moment of silence for the all-too-short life of Tyre...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Dec 19, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 2
For the first time in history, our community is aligned to undertake much-needed, long overdue...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Oct 10, 2022 | Criminal Justice | 0
Recently elected District Attorney General Steve Mulroy and Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Jun 7, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice | 0
For reasons known only to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and the University of Memphis Public...
Read Moreby Smart City Memphis | Mar 21, 2022 | City of Memphis Government, Criminal Justice, State Government | 0
We presume that the White politicians from City of Memphis who encouraged the White, right wing...
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Since 2005, this has been Smart City Consulting’s blog with the aim of connecting the dots and providing perspective on issues and policies shaping Memphis. Editor and primary author is Tom Jones, columnist, author of two books, and consultant on public policy. Smart City Memphis was called one of the most intriguing blogs in the U.S. by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change; The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal wrote that “Smart City Memphis provides some of the most well-thought-out thinking about Memphis’ past, present, and future you’ll find anywhere,” and the Memphis Flyer said: “This incredibly well-written blog sets out to solves the city’s ills – from the mayor to MATA – with out-of-the-box thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ideas. If you have questions, submissions, or ideas for posts, please email Tom Jones, at tjones@smartcityconsulting.com.