Category: Tennessee Legislature

Briefs: Stay-at-Home Protests, Political Egotism, and the Deberry Expulsion

by Smart City Memphis | Apr 20, 2020 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Tennessee Legislature | 1

Let Them Gather If They Want To I stand with...

Updated Grades Of Local Covid-19 Leaders

by Smart City Memphis | Apr 17, 2020 | City of Memphis Government, Leadership, Shelby County government, Tennessee Legislature | 1

Earlier, we asked a diverse...

Governor’s Budget A Sign of Progress

by Smart City Memphis | Apr 22, 2019 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Livability, Parks and Greening, Tennessee Legislature | 0

It was good news last week when Governor Bill Lee’s proposed budget included funding to support the transformation of Tennessee’s western gateway but...

Kent: Residential PILOTs: “Candy” For The Few, Costing Taxpayers Millions

by Smart City Memphis | Jul 9, 2018 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Shelby County government, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature | 6

This post is wrtten by Joe B. Kent, local researcher, who has a BBA with a Major in Finance from the University of Memphis and Masters of Science in Instructional...

Co. Property Values Up, Memphis Down, Querying Capital Investments Rhetoric

by Jimmie Covington | Jul 5, 2018 | City of Memphis Government, Economic Development, Shelby County government, Tennessee Legislature | 16

Year after year, some of the most important data released annually get no news media attention: the assessed value of property for tax purposes. The values influence the...

Koch Brothers Get What They Want In Legislature

by Smart City Memphis | Feb 7, 2018 | City of Memphis Government, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature | 0

Just when there was a glimmer of hope that Tennessee Senator Brian Kelsey was growing up, he pushes more anti-government legislation that indicates yet again the...

TDZ Taxes The Understanding Of Its Facts

by Smart City Memphis | Apr 10, 2017 | City of Memphis Government, Downtown Revitalization, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature | 1

When The Commercial Appeal can write an article riddled with mistakes about the Tourism Development Zone like it did last week, it seems a good time to separate fact from...

There’s No Vouching For Vouchers To Help Public Education

by Smart City Memphis | Mar 22, 2017 | Education, Tennessee Legislature | 0

We’re simply unable to join the growing push for school vouchers, chiefly because it’s simply impossible for us to imagine that the Tennessee Legislature is really...

Tennessee Legislators Deserve Their Catfish Mascot

by Smart City Memphis | Apr 18, 2016 | Economic Development, Tennessee Legislature | 3

The catfish is the Tennessee state commercial fish, and it’s the perfect mascot for our bottom-feeding Legislature. Time after time, just when we think it can’t go any lower, it always manages...

The Long And Winding Road Of Deannexation

by Smart City Memphis | Mar 28, 2016 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature | 2

Sometimes, the best revenge is to give people what they’re asking for. It’s tempting to do that with the deannexation advocates who so passionately want to get out of Memphis. ...

Memphis’ Big Challenge: Finding Someone In Legislature Who’ll Listen

by Smart City Memphis | Mar 21, 2016 | City of Memphis Government, Tennessee Legislature | 3

The most difficult task in the deannexation controversy for the City of Memphis is to find someone in the Tennessee Legislature who is reasonable enough to listen. In the...

Legislators’ Lack Of Facts Fans Flames Of Deannexation

by Smart City Memphis | Mar 16, 2016 | City of Memphis Government, Shelby County government, Taxation, Tennessee Legislature | 13

A lot of Bible verses get quoted in the Tennessee Legislature to justify political positions and legislative actions. When it comes to deannexation, the verse that comes to...

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