city of memphis

City AND County ones. We need to move forward on curing the defects in both governments, and we especially need the term limits provisions.

Here are stories explaining the City of Memphis amendments from the Commercial Appeal and the Daily News.

Same thing for the Shelby County amendments from the Commercial Appeal and the Daily News.

First, a very hearty Mazel Tov to the Memphis mensch Steve Cohen on his resounding primary win against Nikki Goebbels Tinker. Congratulations to the city of Memphis too, for getting something right for once!

Thanks to Serr8d at TennesseeFree.com. I thought this was pretty interesting. Apparently the Memphis police aren't so big on bloggers, free speech, and criticism. Check it out. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

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It seems the ivory tower-dwelling administrators on the 12th floor of the Memphis Police Department have some anonymous (but obviously well-informed) blogger critics. Bloggers who are so actively critical of the upper echelon that they’ve attracted lawyers.
These critics have annoyed Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis so much that they [...]

It seems the ivory tower-dwelling administrators on the 12th floor of the Memphis Police Department have some anonymous (but obviously well-informed) blogger critics. Bloggers who are so actively critical of the upper echelon that they've attracted lawyers.

These critics have annoyed Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis so much that they are slap-suing AOL to find out their

The Bredesen administration continues to fail to take seriously the threats coming from neighboring states to Tennessee's water resources.

From Michael Silence:

The state of Mississippi hopes to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate its lawsuit alleging the city of Memphis, Tennessee, is stealing Mississippi’s water from a major underground aquifer.

State Sen. Ophelia Ford made an appearance at her brother’s trial right before the scheduled lunch break, reports the Tennessean. Meph discusses his thoughts on Ophelia and the troubled family Ford:

The Lone Libertarian notes a bit of hypocrisy on the part of a couple rightwing Memphis talk show hosts regarding their position on nationalizing the oil industry:

Amy Goodman has been a hero of mine since I first discovered that there was a voice beyond the mainstream press many many many moons ago.