Opinion: The virus is not political, but our policy choices are
We’ve all seemingly decided that virtual instruction is a sub-optimal policy choice, and that classroom instruction is worth the additional risk.
Mick Wright
Mick Wright represents District 3 on the Shelby County Commission. He is chairman of the County Commission conservation committee.
There are 4 articles by Mick Wright :
-
August 2021
-
Guest Columnists
-
-
November 2020
-
Guest Columnists Opinion: Conservative commissioner says we can ‘Live divided, together’
I’m a Republican serving with a Democratic majority, in a blue county of a red state. Shelby County government may not be the perfect model of comity, but the nation could take courage from how well we get along.
-
-
February 2020
-
Guest Columnists County mayor wisely paused plans to build a new juvenile center
The impatience to build a new facility from scratch caught the attention of the company holding title to an existing, unoccupied facility. Now instead of an $11 million annual lease agreement, the county could acquire the building and property for just a fraction of the original expense – $3.4 million.
-
-
October 2019
-
Guest Columnists Shelby County does not need a transit fee
Implicit in Mayor Lee Harris' $145 transit fee proposal is the notion that the county’s revenue is fully optimized, and that additional collections would be best directed toward bus subsidies, ahead of all other investments. I don’t agree with either of these assumptions.
-
About 4 results
1