mayor willie herenton

Records reveal lucrative dealings for mayor’s friend

When it comes to landing City Hall subcontracting jobs, Reginald French has a golden touch — a $1.4 million touch.

Knoxville Talks points to a Commercial Appeal article which alleges that Memphis blogger Thaddeus Matthews has quite a good business plan:

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 day after Wednesday’s Democratic Debate, Richard Thompson didn’t catch the Jay-Z reference when Barack Obama figuratively

Blake Fontenay on the news that Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton got behind on his property taxes:

Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, who has just called for a 17% property tax increase, was a little late paying his own tax bill this year.

No matter how high taxes get, Democrats can never get enough of your money. Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton has proposed a whopping 17% property tax increase for next year. Memphis already has the highest property tax rate in the state.

"You gotta love Memphis politics. Memphis is like my poor choices in men; insane, never boring, never honest and always stressful but entertaining in a watching a train wreck sort of way." -- Sharon Cobb on the resignation of Mayor Willie Herenton after nearly 17 years in office.

I’ve always hated the drive to Memphis - it just never seemed very exciting going there but the city itself is exciting.

LWC points to the Commercial Appeal which is reporting that Mayor Willie Herenton, who was just re-elected last year, is resigning.