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Opinion: Why is the City of Memphis treating loans as grants?

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Sat, 6 Dec 2025 09:40:37 -0600

“We hear so much about the need for transparency in government; this might be a good and easy place to start. It all boils down to the people’s trust in their government.”

Guest column: Remembering former Memphis councilman Jimmy Moore

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Mon, 19 May 2025 19:16:19 -0500

“Jimmy Moore was a good-natured and gentle man. ... Yet he understood what politics was all about. For Moore, politics was about helping people who needed help. Getting things done. “

Guest Column: Firing Feagins had nothing to do with improving our classrooms

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:30:23 -0600

“If the MSCS board wants a superintendent who cares about files and flattery, hire an accountant. If they want a superintendent who bows when they enter the room, then hire a court jester.”

Guest Column: In memory of Jerome Makowsky

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:00:10 -0500

“Sometimes in our race to the finish line, to complete the demands of the day, we forget to stop for a moment to appreciate the folks who spent a lifetime before us trying to make Memphis the place where we want to live.”

Opinion: An argument against the MLGW rate hike

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 04:00:03 -0600

“The council chairman failed to take advantage of an opportunity to positively affect the lives of thousands of Memphians. Rather than receive help, they were served up hollow words.”

Guest Column: Ron Terry 'considered everyone a colleague and his friend'

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 04:00:03 -0600

“Those of us in Memphis fortunate enough to have known Ron Terry, and even those who didn’t, have one thing in common: We are better off because Ron Terry called Memphis home.”

Opinion: Even if you don't like the candidates, hold your nose and vote

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:38:32 -0500

“I’m fully aware of the arguments against voting. It’s a waste of time. It won’t change anything. No time to vote. Can’t trust any of them. My candidate won’t win anyway. But our lives are affected by the people we vote into office.”

Guest Column: Ignoring party labels is exactly what Memphians elected Strickland to do

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:07 -0500

There’s nothing wrong with a non-partisan mayor trying to curry favor with a member of either political party, particularly when his constituents elected him to do just that.

Scheidt was a businessman by trade, a philanthropist by profession

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 06:16:39 -0500

Rudi didn’t take the idea of death lightly. He didn’t go to funerals. But when someone he cared for died, he gave generously to a charity in their memory.

Dragged into the world of the elderly by a virus

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 04:00:06 -0500

I’m working from home. Cleaning the closets. Playing with the dog. Calling my friends. Promising my children that I’ll stay home – or close to it. And learning how to balance the dread of what we don’t know and can’t see with the beauty of just being here.

What voters know — and like — about Steve Cohen

sathorp414@gmail.com (Susan Adler Thorp) — Mon, 6 Jan 2020 13:37:17 -0600

Voters of the Ninth District know their congressman sometimes leans toward the outrageous. But he represents his congressional district with passion and commitment and that’s why voters have sent him to Washington seven times.