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Oh, it ain’t nothin’!  Just John Ford being John Ford, right?  I don’t have time this morning to do too much digging, but if I’m not mistaken, Bredesen at first remembered his conversation with Ford about the contracts. Then a subsequent report said that Bredesen didn’t remember.  Now he remembers again.

From the Memphis Daily News:

Former Shelby County Board of Commissioners member Joe Cooper was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison and six months of house arrest for helping drug dealers launder their drug money.

It's about time the Memphis City Council took a look at abolishing the multifarious quasi-governmental entities that somehow sprang up in the last couple of decades, now that we have some fresh faces on the Council and a budget crunch to justify change.

Memphis Daily News reporter Andy Meek filed an excellent report that hopefully will create support for re-examining whether these entities are

My mama sent me a pretty good joke. Especially if you’ve ever lived for any amount of time in my lovely hometown of Memphis.

The Pearly Gates

Saint Peter was manning the Pearly Gates when 40 people from Memphis city gov’t showed up.

One newly minted Memphis blogger is apoplectic that Memphis City Councilman Edmund Ford was

The Left Wing Cracker reports that the Memphis City Charter Commission will weigh-in today on Instant Runoff Voting.

A Memphis City Councilman and Democratic superdelegate honors his commitment to Hillary Clinton:

A Memphis City Councilwoman threatens a reporter:

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article on rising property taxes and guess what two Tennessee cities made the article?  Oak Ridge and Memphis, two cities that already have the distinguished honor of being two of the highest taxed cities in the state.

From the Journal:

The Pesky Fly reports that Memphis maybe set to get its electoral house in order: