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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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Let's give credit where credit is due.
By Tom Jones |
October 1, 2009
Often, it seems Memphis took Groucho Marx's self-deprecating attitude and overlaid it on the entire city. Paraphrasing the comedian, Memphians don't want to belong to any city that will accept them as members.
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Moving ahead means putting false notions behind us.
By Tom Jones |
September 1, 2009
Memphis is a mythic city. We lay claim to mythic musicians and entrepreneurs who created our greatest exports to the world — from B.B. to Elvis to Chilton and from Kemmons Wilson to Pitt Hyde to Fred Smith.
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MATA now has hte funding to improve our less-than-ideal public transit system. But will they?
By Tom Jones |
July 1, 2009
It's been said with no sense of hyperbole that all the planets would have to align for Memphis to have high-quality, efficient public transit. Such is the lack of confidence that Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) will ever offer the kind of transit system used in other cities to attract young professionals, reduce pollution, and connect urban neighborhoods to job centers.
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The battle between "smart growth" and street cred.
By Tom Jones |
May 1, 2009
Perhaps what local government needs most is a Department of Connecting the Dots. While one public agency talks about creating a workforce that can compete in the knowledge economy, another gives tax freezes to companies that perpetuate low-wage, low-skill jobs.
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When it comes to tax freezes, it's time for Memphis to chill out.
By Tom Jones |
March 1, 2009
For a billion-dollar economic opportunity, Memphis will do just about anything. For a lot less, we gave The Pyramid to Sidney Shlenker on little more than a promise and a few architectural renderings.
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