There are 2 articles by John Vergos :

• February 2024

  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Remembering when Shelby Farms was almost sold

    “Shelby Farms is and will continue to be one of the great parks of the world. Whenever there are large publicly owned tracks of land, it has been my experience that there will always be pressure to cut off a piece here and there for some unrelated reason. It is imperative to stay vigilant.”

    By John Vergos February 22, 2024

• January 2020

  • Guest Columnists

    MATA chairman: Work and school are better with buses

    I own a restaurant in Downtown Memphis, and I can’t tell you the number of times employees ask to leave work at 8 p.m. because they don’t want to miss the only bus they can catch to get home at night. Some will miss out on $40 or $50 in wages because they leave work early.

    By John Vergos January 22, 2020