Restoring Conservation Funding
The question is do they use the money to save jobs or restoring conservation funds. Governor Phil Bredesen wants to restore conservation funds that have been diverted for the last two years, even...
View ArticleBudget Delays a Political Play?
Shelby County Commissioner Mike Carpenter thinks so. In an article in this morning’s Commercial Appeal Carpenter takes Interim Mayor Joe Ford to task: “The consequence to delaying the budget will be to...
View ArticleThe City’s Budget: The Bills Are Due, How Will We Pay For It?
Smart City Memphis takes a sobering look at the budgetary quagmire that Mayor Wharton and the City Council find themselves facing: Troubling trends that have been gathering for 20 years, exacerbated by...
View ArticleMemphis Budget Like A Scavenger Hunt
Not really, but sorta/kinda. Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. presents his first city operating budget proposal to the City Council on April 27. Wharton has offered a few directions and goals of the...
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Morning Coffee – Not Ready to Lead Edition
Republicans in the State Legislature live by this credoIt’s gotta be hard to be a Republican in the gubament. Seriously, here you are, spending all this time railing against “big gubament”, and now...
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The Real Consequences Of Tennessee’s Budget On Tennesseans
It’s budget time in Tennessee. Yeah, we have a battle for a new state song (shouldn’t we just set up a state radio station and add a song once a year because this always seems to be something we are...
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To GOP: Governor Says Pre-K Cuts Not On The Table
According to Gov. Phil Bredesen, the GOP better move along. Changing the way Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program is funded is among the budget cutting options being considered by the GOP, House...
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Budget Time in Memphis
Mayor A C WhartonIn Morning Coffee, Trace mentioned that Memphis Mayor A C Wharton has released his budget. If you’re not keeping up with his blog you’re really missing out on some good and detailed...
View ArticleRepublican Back Down on Pre-K Cuts
The Memphis Daily News and other outlets report that Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature have backed down from earlier statements about the possibility of cutting back on Pre-K funding. The State...
View ArticleKerr – Ramsey, Ridiculous, Out of Touch
Gail Kerr has seen Ron Ramsey’s budget and she’s not too happy. Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey is hanging his chance to be governor on two specific promises, one “to give the boot” to Washington and the other to...
View ArticleA Bad Day For Memphis City Schools
From the Commercial Appeal: Nearly 600 jobs, including 400 part-time teacher’s aides, will be lost as Memphis City Schools comes to terms with the funding shortfall that has shadowed it since the City...
View ArticleSenate Staycation – Budget Edition
Now that budget negotiations are in full swing, the Republican leadership in the State Senate has decided to take a week off. From WPLN: The Senate decision to take a break from floor sessions gives...
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The Compromise In The Tennessee Senate
Humphrey has the scoop. A compromise plan to balance the state budget was presented today by Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle, who said it was the result of bipartisan negotiations involving both the...
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Is a Memphis Budget Battle Brewing?
Mayor A C WhartonYesterday we talked about one proposal to trim the dficit in the Memphis City Budget, closing Municipal golf courses. Today the Commercial Appeal reports on more of the detalis of the...
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Cowardly Lions Languish in the Ledge
Tim BurchettYesterday, we pointed out an article that led us to believe there had been a compromise on the State Budget. Apparently not so much. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that perhaps...
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Budget Battle May Leave Memphis in the Lurch
Tennessee Revenue CollectionsWe’ve been talking a lot about the State Budget here for the past several days. Honestly, it should be on the minds of people all across the state. With revenues down, and...
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Will the State Budget Be Decided This Week?
The jury is still out, but lawmakers are working on it. Last night, on the floor of the House, Leader Odom opined that there was no way the legislature would be done by the end of the week, which...
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The Budget Punt
It’s been 18 days since Republicans in the State Senate finally got around to introducing an alternative to the budget proposed by Governor Bredesen in February. The original Republican plan offered...
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Is It Is, Or Is It Ain’t Pork?
I think this means something different from what it says...As the budget negotiations continue to drag us into mid-June, a fundamental truth is coming into focus; pork is relative. Consider this...
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Morning Coffee – Let’s Make a Deal Edition
I had no idea that Monty Hall, of Let’s Make a Deal fame, had his own paradox and mathematical nuisance. Who knew 70′s pop culture had such depth? Truth be told, 70′s pop culture doesn’t really have...
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