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First 48 Controversy in Detroit

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Published May 22, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

Remember when the City Council decided they didn't want The First 48 filming in Memphis? ... Maybe there were on to something ... From the NYTimes' Tragedy in Detroit, With a Reality TV Crew in Tow, about the killing of a 7-year-old girl during a police raid: ... "Even in Detroit, where deadly violence can seem routine, Aiyana’s killing has transfixed the city, leaving many questioning what they see as heavy-handed tactics by the police — particularly the use of the so-called flash-bang

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Rock the Cause: Lake Cormorant Students help themselves to benefit for school

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Published May 3, 2010 at 12:00 a.m.

Lake Cormorant Middle/High School's Student Council knows that sometimes, as the old adage goes, charity begins at home ...

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More Med/School Money Swap

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 11:03 a.m.

This week I wrote about a plan to basically swap funding for MCS and the Med ... The city would take on the $30 million in annual funding that the Med needs, while the county would slowly take over the funding the city has been giving to MCS ... As councilman Reid Hedgepeth said at a recent Memphis City Council meeting: ... "We've got $38 million we tried to give away two weeks ago. The school board did not accept the money," he said. "We have $38 million we're going to give to someone. We want

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Emergency Surgery

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

Could splitting responsibility for the Med and the Memphis City Schools be the answer to both funding crises? ... by Mary Cashiola ... Here's an interesting prescription, er, proposition. Last week, the City Council voted to postpone allocating a much needed $2 million to the Regional Medical Center. Instead of the emergency infusion, some council members saw an opportunity for what could only be called an experimental treatment. "What we've been talking about is switching the responsibility,"

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Zippin To Green Bay

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

The city and Save Libertyland prepare for the historic roller coaster to move to Green Bay ... by Natalie Mayo ... Memphians will soon be able to get a free ride on the Zippin Pippin. The only catch is: They'll have to go to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to do so. The city of Green Bay became interested in buying the former Libertyland ride, the country's second-oldest wooden roller coaster and Elvis' favorite, in January. And like the Zippin Pippin itself in its prime, things are moving quickly. The

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Mulroy’s Salvage Mission Finally Succeeds: Green Bay to Get the Zippin’ Pippin

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Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 3:01 a.m.
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Mayor A C Wharton got a basket of goodies Monday from Green Bay, Wisconsin, while that city's mayor, Jim Schmitt (center), got dibs on the Zippin' Pippin from the famous ride's custodian, Steve Mulroy of Save, Libertyland!, Inc ... Though he has concerns that are arguably more immediate and more personal — like preparing for a reelection campaign in 2010 — Shelby County Commissioner Steve Mulroy appears finally to have swung a deal to save that vintage wonder, the Zippin’ Pippin ... Only

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Daily News: On City Schools Funding Fight

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Published Jan. 14, 2010 at 6:42 p.m.

In 2008, the Memphis City Council cut funding to Memphis City Schools - spurring a lawsuit by the district to force the city to pay up ... Yesterday, the state Court of Appeals ruled that the city must fund the schools ... WKNO's Candice Ludlow spoke with Memphis Daily News reporter Bill Dries to find out if the case is resolved ...

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Shooting Blanks

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Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 5:00 a.m.

by Flyer Staff ... The year ends with the Memphis City Council playing what appears to be a game of Russian roulette with the issue of funding for Memphis City Schools. When a council majority last week rejected Mayor A C Wharton's call for a 31-cent tax increase to comply with a judicial order to fund Memphis City Schools, it could propose no clear alternative — other than the time-dishonored one of eliminating waste and cutting-to-the-bone and all that. Oh, and poaching from the… ...

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An Education in Consolidation

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Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 5:00 a.m.

As the new metro charter commission excludes education from consolidation discussions, the city tries to find funding for MCS ... by Mary Cashiola ... Attorney Brian Stephens says the Metropolitan Government Charter Commission is local residents' opportunity to be their own founding fathers: "I think this is one of these historic opportunities for people to have a say in what their government looks like." Stephens is the organizer of Rebuild Government, a group launched last week to support the

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Memphis City Council balks at raising property taxes for schools

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Published Dec. 16, 2009 at 9:33 p.m.

The Council approved a resolution Wednesday night barring the city from raising taxes this year to pay for school funding, rebuffing Mayor A C Wharton’s proposal ...

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