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Topic: Jim Strickland
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July 2019
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Strickland: Memphis In May to move temporarily in 2021
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says the Memphis in May International Festival will move to an alternate site temporarily in 2021 to accommodate construction in Tom Lee Park.
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Summer heat tests door-to-door campaign strategies
Mayoral contenders Tami Sawyer and Jim Strickland are mixing old-fashioned door-to-door campaigning with canvassing apps that show the voting histories of households.
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Memphis candidates’ finance reports: Big money to no money
The second quarter campaign finance reports show a big difference between Mayor Jim Strickland and his two closest challengers by the amount of money raised. But one of those challengers outspent him for the quarter.
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Herenton rips Tom Lee Park plan, says Strickland delaying decision until after election
Memphis mayoral contender Willie Herenton says plans to change Tom Lee Park are “asinine” and he accused Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland of delaying a decision on the changes proposed by the Memphis River Parks Partnership until after the Oct. 3 race.
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Frayser affordable housing gets foothold despite economic challenges
As many as 30 more new homes could follow two new homes completed recently on Whitney Avenue in Frayser. The effort comes with some city investments and some remaining challenges from the Great Recession.
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City job fair sets standards for employers, offers services to job seekers
A Thursday "job fair on steroids" at the Fairgrounds includes 71 employers and a dozen training programs as well as such basics as a business headshot and resume advice.
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Mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer unveils criminal justice platform
Mayoral contender Tami Sawyer and incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland differ greatly on how they believe the Memphis Police Department should be set up to fight the city's violent crime issues.
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Herenton raises out-of-state money in mayoral return bid
Former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton has a campaign war chest of $62,037 as of July, according to his campaign finance report filed Wednesday.
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Strickland plans to spend $1 million campaign war chest in ‘last race ever’
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s campaign war chest stands at more than $1 million in a second-quarter campaign finance report to be filed with the Shelby County Election Commission by Wednesday.
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Politics Podcast: Mayor Jim Strickland talks re-election bid and more
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talks about his re-election bid, the sales tax referendum and crime as we review early campaign finance reports.
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Sawyer unveils social justice platform in mayoral bid
Memphis mayoral contender and Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer is calling for a neighborhood council to brings concerns of communities to City Hall as well as an immigrant support services office for city government and an action plan to combat infant mortality.
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June 2019
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Sanford: Vote for a mayor who can handle a crisis
As former Memphis mayors Dick Hackett and A C Wharton can attest, the top city job requires political skill in the face of bad news or calamity.
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Strickland: City, county build case for better MATA
Mayor Jim Strickland talks about improving MATA as former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young discusses how a mass transit system was built there beginning in the 1970's.
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City names Fairgrounds private development team for Central Avenue frontage
M&M Enterprises of Memphis will lead private redevelopment of the Fairgrounds, the city announced Tuesday.
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Strickland, Herenton cross paths at political picnic
The annual political picnic in southwest Memphis might be considered an enclave of old guard Memphis politics. But picnic host Sidney Chism warns veteran politicians have to make their case to win support from the new generation of activists and voters.
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Sawyer calls for more rapid changes to spread of city’s prosperity
Tami Sawyer talks about the Brandon Webber shooting, MATA funding and other issues on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.
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Church’s striking and obscure story marked on Beale Street
The South's first black millionaire was remembered Tuesday, on what would have been his 180th birthday, with a Beale Street parade where the heart of his business empire once stood.
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Universal Life city service center renamed for Fred Davis
The city's minority business service center in the recently renovated and reopened Universal Life Building has been renamed the Fred L. Davis Innovation Center.
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Lee pushes re-entry programs amid reaction to violent crime
A two-day visit to Memphis by Gov. Bill Lee included signing a bill dropping state fees for expungements. The move comes against a backdrop of reaction to the weekend slaying of financial executive Glenn Cofield and a rise in homicides compared to this time last year.
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Mayor: It’s our duty to help ex-offenders reenter the workforce
Having a criminal record can be a tough barrier to workforce entry, and we don’t want a lack of funds to be the barrier between getting a job or going back to a life of crime.
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Nelson: Don’t sell Memphians short when it comes to cross-racial voting
Our history of cross-racial voting calls into question whether Memphis might not be ripe for a redistricting of city council and county commission districts that intentionally makes them racially diverse instead of solidly black or solidly white.
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May 2019
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City of Memphis partners with Operation HOPE
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Thursday the City of Memphis has partnered with Operation HOPE to bring HOPE Inside financial coaching and education to city employees and their families
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Marker honors role of Chinese in Memphis history
The marker south of Beale Street marks the site of a Chinese association founded in Memphis in the 1920s. It is also a testament to the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act that remained in place for 60 years in America.
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Memphis budget season offers different path to resolution
The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.
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