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A new survey shows what Memphis needs to learn --and lure -- young professionals.
By Tom Jones |
June 1, 2010
Zach Hoyt is emblematic of the battle for talent that consumes cities today. Living in Iowa City after graduating from Iowa State University, he and his wife packed their bags and moved to Memphis.
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Your tax dollars, for one thing.
By Tom Jones |
May 1, 2010
It's a sign of the times, or at least a political sign of the times. As surely as elections follow campaigns, the newly elected officials see their names on government signs and photos in public buildings as the spoils of victory.
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Not when you're a new mayor trying to build confidence.
By Tom Jones |
April 1, 2010
Memphis city government has a chronic case of what political pundits call the "John Kerry" syndrome — when the truth falls victim to an impenetrable conventional wisdom so ingrained in the public psyche that anecdotes have more power than the facts. Here it's not talk about Purple Hearts, but red ink in City Hall.
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Funding our schools remains the issue of the day.
By Tom Jones |
March 1, 2010
It's a teachable moment for Memphis. But it may not happen because of failing grades in deportment for Memphis City Schools and the Memphis City Council, aided and abetted by the class troublemaker, a news media that throws gas on any smoldering fire.
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Complaints make the news. Good ratings on city services don't.
By Tom Jones |
February 1, 2010
The Memphis Poll — city government's equivalent of the Consumer Confidence Index — said that 8 out of 10 Memphians are satisfied with city services. That's the highest rating since 2001.
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It's time to change the wheel tax and other policies that hurt our city.
By Tom Jones |
January 1, 2010
Ben Franklin wrote that nothing is certain except death and taxes, but it's rare for death to come to taxes or tax breaks. Even unpopular taxes like the Shelby County Wheel Tax seem to have eternal life, while unpopular tax policies like those waiving taxes seem just as immortal.
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By firing off some memos, Wharton can put Memphis on a new path.
By Tom Jones |
December 1, 2009
The hardest part about being a candidate for change is delivering it when you're elected. It's even harder when the call for change is delivered in a mandate, because expectations are higher and patience is shorter.
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Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell wants to fight crime at the source.
By Tom Jones |
November 2, 2009
It's a familiar day for Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell. In the early morning hours of a sunny weekday, the county's leading Republican is the only Caucasian in a church meeting with an African-American congregation.
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