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Data showing the number of times police are called to apartments helps apartment owners and managers identify problematic tenants and intervene as necessary. It also frees up police resources.
“The work we do doesn’t exist in response to the legacy of Elvis Presley. It exists in response to our contemporary scene — scenes, really — that are thriving, diverse and full of transcendent talent.”
“No matter your political stripe, society shouldn’t feel like it is teetering on the brink. That’s why we are gathering in Nashville for a special session at the end of the summer: We all know that there is more to be done.”
“I know this will not be an easy road to travel — but it is worth travelling. I am so excited and beyond grateful to be able to do it with two people that grew to be my heroes.”
“Different parts of the criminal justice system tend to operate in silos, and so an easily accessible, easy to understand, transparent reporting system will require the cooperation of many different parties. The public deserves it.”
“It’s time to confront crime and safety issues in Memphis by focusing on data, comprehending the root causes of crime, and moving beyond policies centered solely on policing and mass incarceration.”
“This weekend we will wear orange to honor the lives lost to gun violence and join the fight to help prevent these tragedies from occurring in the future.”
“This shortage is causing oncologists to make difficult decisions. Treatments are being skipped and delayed, doses are being reduced, treatments plans are being changed, and sequences of usual treatment are being altered.”
“Shelby County has plenty of stable, capable, caring adults with safe homes whose service to our community could make a big impact for a child, a family, or even the system as a whole.”
“We are living in a time of an identity crisis for K-12 and higher education. The laser-focus on college preparation for all students in K-12 education, regardless of their interests or skills, led to mismatched priorities, frustrated families, and uninterested graduates.”
“With business giant Amazon adopting 20 schools in Memphis I am concerned that Amazon has encroached on Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ long-established Adopt-A-School program.”
“Voter sentiment about our city’s crippling crime epidemic transcends socioeconomic, gender, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Actual voters want violent, repeat offenders off the streets, legally. They want the bail ‘loopholes’ closed for these offenders who should be held in jail and timely prosecuted.”
“We must continue to let our state representatives know how their gun laws have completely upended our city and that we demand Tennessee’s urban cities be given the authority to impose their own firearm laws. It won’t be a quick or easy road.”
“Loud and powerful opponents of progress, such as Mayor Jim Strickland, have wrongly claimed that Shelby County’s pretrial policies undermine public safety. There is no data behind his claims.”
“Our shared future can only be created in community. And to do that, we’ll need to use the most efficient and productive platform humanity has yet devised: a bustling, busy, connected urban center.”
“The City of Memphis’ funding of its Affordable Housing Trust Fund has not been near enough. And it has lagged behind the funding in other peer cities.”
“The City of Memphis should utilize the same tools that its colleges and universities and schools do when an imminent threat exists.”
“This is not a quick fix on a long-term and wide-reaching issue, but it is a workable start in moving toward and safer and healthier Tennessee for all of us.”
State Senator Brent Taylor discusses increasing penalties for certain violent crimes and proposed legislation that seeks to stem the rise in juvenile crime.
“The nationally-recognized firm Enervision, is expected to submit its analysis to City Hall before year-end, a potential game-changer that MLGW will not acknowledge.”
“The mayor’s report not only had different conclusions than those that were reported, but they elaborated on specific factors in which MLGW’s actions when it issued an RFP were inadequate and unprofessional.”
“Because of the sanitation workers’ strike and the tragic killing of Martin Luther King Jr. 55 years ago, Memphis has become a welcoming place for refugees and people fleeing unimaginable horrors back home.”
“We can’t solve the poverty and cultural issues that plague our community in the short or even medium term. But we can build more prisons, with an emphasis on reform.”
“The truth is that it is much easier for us to blame some dark and abstract force than to acknowledge our own shortcomings as a nation.”
A former long-time Republican and elected official on the General Assembly’s treatment of the Tennessee Three: “How our community and leaders respond in this moment will determine if democracy can survive.”