Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | John Vergos https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/375 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2024 Guest Column: Remembering when Shelby Farms was almost sold https://dailymemphian.com/article/41951 <p>&ldquo;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.&nbsp;It is imperative to stay vigilant.&rdquo;</p> jcvergos@yahoo.com (John Vergos) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/41951 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:03:55 -0600 MATA chairman: Work and school are better with buses https://dailymemphian.com/article/10083 <p>I own a restaurant in Downtown Memphis, and I can&rsquo;t tell you the number of times employees ask to leave work at 8 p.m. because they don&rsquo;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.</p> jcvergos@yahoo.com (John Vergos) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists Food https://dailymemphian.com/article/10083 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0600