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Opinion: It's time to deal with neglectful property owners

Jerri.Green@memphistn.gov (Jerri Green) — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:03:18 -0500

“We have over 10,000 abandoned homes in disrepair, with overgrown yards, piles of trash, and more. It’s time to shift accountability back to where it belongs and make neglectful property owners pay up.”

Guest column: 'More for Memphis' plan brings city, county, MSCS board together on education

editor@dailymemphian.com (Michelle McKissack) — Sat, 7 Sep 2024 20:00:45 -0500

Opinion: If this year’s budget season taught us anything, it’s that we have to work better together for kids, schools and families.

Opinion: We need to get past politics to reopen schools

Jerri.Green@memphistn.gov (Jerri Green) — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:18:42 -0500

Everything about the coronavirus has become politicized, so why not a return to school? The answer is simple: The losers will be our children, and that is not an acceptable price to pay for political points.

Parenting in a pandemic

Jerri.Green@memphistn.gov (Jerri Green) — Fri, 1 May 2020 04:05:01 -0500

The boundaries between work and home have completely broken down, and life will not really return to normal as long as parents don’t have any place to send children during the day.