Stadium funding could land on next Memphis mayor’s desk. Six candidates said what they’d do.
Six candidates were asked how they would allocate $350 million in state cash between Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and FedExForum.
Topic: Paul Young
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September 2023
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‘You can’t just hide at Houston’s’: McKissack questions no-show Herenton at debate
The candidates were allowed to ask each other questions, confronting one another on their pasts and records.
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Rapper NLE Choppa endorses Paul Young for Memphis mayor
“I’m proud to endorse someone who represents true leadership. I need everyone to know I’m behind Paul Young and I’m voting Paul Young,” Potts said.
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Memphis Mayor’s Race 2023: Paul Young
Young has made a slow, steady rise through local governments as his mother had dreamed he would. Along the way, he accumulated the experience that he says makes him unique among the mayoral candidates.
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Political Roundup: 901 Day, too many candidates and not enough votes
Van Turner and Paul Young started their mayoral campaigns a year ago on 901 Day. A year later, they talk about what separates each in a pack of 17 candidates.
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In bid for mayor, Paul Young is out to change the city’s reality
Young thinks he is more prepared to hold the office than any other new mayor in the city’s history.
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August 2023
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Paul Young says MLGW plan needs time. (And maybe more money.)
Memphis Mayoral contender Paul Young also talked on “Behind The Headlines” about “stopping the bleeding” from violent crime as the next mayor’s top priority of the next mayor.
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Memphis mayoral candidates share public-safety plans at Chamber forum
The Greater Memphis Chamber forum drew six of the seven major contenders for mayor.
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Calkins: It’s the most important election in years, Memphis. Time to study up!
Here’s what we learned about those who showed up Tuesday for the Memphis mayoral debate.
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MLGW CEO gets no love at WKNO-Daily Memphian mayoral debate
State Rep. Karen Camper, businessman J.W. Gibson, Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member Michelle McKissack, Van Turner and Downtown Memphis Commission CEO Paul Young participated in the debate.
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Political Roundup: People’s Convention fiery finale, Kelsey’s end
Mayoral contender Paul Young took the convention’s endorsement Saturday, Aug. 12, but rival Van Turner delivered a fiery speech and both called for changing the city’s political status quo. City council endorsements are also listed.
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Ads for Memphis mayoral candidates begin to hit airwaves, social
Here’s a look at some of the candidates’ messaging.
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Downtown Mobility Center opens as ‘necessary’ infrastructure
The Downtown Mobility Center is the centerpiece of several parking garage projects, including the renovation of older city-owned lots in the immediate area.
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July 2023
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Gas, trips to Starbucks and legal expenses: Takeaways from mayoral finance filings
Finance reports show spending patterns of Memphis mayoral candidates.
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Paul Young tops Q2 fundraising in Memphis mayor’s race
Rival contender Floyd Bonner Jr. raised the second-highest amount but spent far less than Young, while J.W. Gibson topped the field in total spending.
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June 2023
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Memphis mayoral candidates differ on sentencing laws
The Daily Memphian sent the Memphis results of its countywide crime poll to eight mayoral candidates and a list of questions. Here are their answers.
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A quarter-century ago, AutoZone Park gave Downtown a jump-start
After decades of decline, Downtown started to rebound — and perhaps nothing spurred the comeback quite like the 2000 opening of AutoZone Park at Third and Union. The whole atmosphere changed. Or as now-retired AutoZone executive Ray Pohlman remembers: “Downtown was cool ... it just flourished.”
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Where the mayoral candidates stand on proposed tax hike
As the Memphis City Council considers whether to raise property taxes, Memphis mayoral candidates were split on whether they want to do so.
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Bonner makes first mayoral forum appearance as crime, change dominate discussion
The forum at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church drew nine candidates and a crowd of more than 100 Thursday, June 8.
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In advance of today’s groundbreaking, Brooks raises $135M for Downtown museum
“The astonishing thing about this campaign is that the first $100 million was raised without a rendering or a clear visual of what the new museum will look like.”
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May 2023
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Political Roundup: Young opens HQ in Poplar Plaza, Wharton on name recognition
Mayoral contender and Downtown Memphis Commission president Paul Young drew a crowd of around 150 Saturday, May 27, to his campaign headquarters at Poplar Plaza — the first among the contenders.
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MATA to continue $1.25 ride share service
The original service zone of Downtown and New Chicago was expanded to include Presidents Island and areas of South Memphis.
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New mayoral poll shows Bonner, Herenton, Turner in lead, Young gaining
The poll showed Van Turner and Floyd Bonner tied with about 15.9% of the vote. Willie Herenton trailed them at 13.9%, and Paul Young had 12%.
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April 2023
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Key takeaways from Monday’s mayoral debate
Did you miss Monday’s Memphis mayoral debate? Here’s what you need to know.
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Watch: Memphis mayoral debate
The discussion focused on crime and criminal justice moderated by The Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes.
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