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Council Delays Consolidation Vote

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Published Sept. 1, 2009 at 2:07 p.m.

The City Council delayed voting for at least two weeks on a resolution to set a new Charter Commission for the purpose of creating a metro government ... "I'm in favor of consolidation," said councilman Jim Strickland, "but I'm not convinced that next year is the right time to move forward." ... Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery gave a presentation to the council's executive committee that cited population loss, brain drain, economic development, and duplication in services as reasons why the two

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City Council Approves School Funding

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Published Aug. 18, 2009 at 2:38 p.m.

The City Council's education committee approved the Memphis City Schools' $879 million budget this afternoon. The city's contribution to that figure is $78 million. Mary Cashiola has more ...

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City School Funding Moves Forward

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Published Aug. 18, 2009 at 1:14 p.m.

The City Council's education committee approved the Memphis City Schools' $879 million budget this afternoon ... The city's contribution to that figure is $78 million ... Members of the city school board also told the committee they were for the concept of single-source funding, but need more details before they can back a specific plan ...

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Fine for a Fee

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Published Aug. 18, 2009 at 9:43 a.m.

The Council's public safety and homeland security committee took a turn this morning as a budget committee ... The committee considered two proposals — a traffic court docket for unpaid court costs and an additional fines for home alarms — that would bolster the city's coffers ... "[Citizens] are given time to pay court costs and fines and for some reason they don't do this," said council chair Harold Collins. "We have millions of dollars in outstanding court costs." ...

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City Council to Discuss Non-Discrimination Ordinance

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Published Aug. 17, 2009 at 4:01 p.m.

At 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Memphis City Council's personnel, intergovernmental, and annexation committee is scheduled to discuss an ordinance that would establish employment non-discrimination provisions for sexual orientation and gender identity. The meeting will take place on the fifth floor of City Hall. It's open to the public, but a word of warning — there's not much space for seating in the conference room ... The Shelby County Commission passed a similar employment nondiscrimination

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GADFLY: The Question is Race

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Published July 27, 2009 at 2:16 a.m.
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Well, guess what? Racism (or at least accusations of it) is back in the news, both locally and nationally ... Our mayor trotted out that old saw, for the Nth time, because he was pissed off at City Council for actually taking him at his word about “retiring” on July 30th, and passing a resolution declaring the office vacant as of July 31st ... The gall of them! Obviously, there's no other explanation for that than racism. Oh, and he embellished the accusation, this time, by adding the

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