There are 58 article(s) tagged Allan Wade:

• December 2018

  • City Council calls six a quorum, as four hire attorney

    Six Memphis City Council members on Tuesday, Dec. 11, approved 39 resolutions from the delayed Dec. 4 agenda as the four members not present sent their lawyer to the special session at City Hall.

    By Bill Dries December 12, 2018

  • Week ends without City Council quorum as District 1 stalemate continues

    On the fourth consecutive day of what Memphis City Council chairman Berlin Boyd calls “the situation,” the council again could not muster a quorum of seven members to transact business.

    By Bill Dries December 07, 2018

  • Treadaway out of City Council appointment standoff

    One of the contenders for the appointment to the open District 1 Memphis City Council seat withdrew from consideration Wednesday, opening the possibility for a compromise among council members on the deadlocked appointment process and a return of a quorum for the council to transact other city business.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2018

  • City Council standoff continues with walkout, potential lawsuit

    The Memphis City Council’s impasse over appointing a new member is on its way to Chancery Court after four of the 10 council members walked out of Tuesday's meeting, leaving the body without the necessary quorum to vote on anything.

    By Bill Dries December 04, 2018

• October 2018

  • Kyle dismisses challenge of council referendum campaign

    The Memphis City Council can spend $30,000 to $40,000 of city funds on a “public information campaign” about the three city charter amendment referendums on the Nov. 6 ballot, a court ruled Tuesday, Oct. 30.

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2018

  • Herenton says ‘gloves are off’ in his 2019 candidacy

    After nearly six months of silence since former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton announced he would run for mayor again in 2019, his aspirations came to life Wednesday as early voting began in the Nov. 6 general election.

    By Bill Dries October 21, 2018

  • ‘Drafting error’ in term limits question draws fire from Herenton

    A “drafting error” in the city referendum that would extend city council and mayoral term limits from two consecutive terms to three would bar former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton from running for mayor again in 2019.

    By Bill Dries October 18, 2018

  • Kyle rules charter referendums stay on November ballot

    Questions on three city charter changes will stay on the Nov. 6 ballot. Shelby County Chancellor Jim Kyle denied Thursday a legal motion by critics of the referendums to remove them from the ballot as misleading and in violation of state law.

    By Bill Dries October 11, 2018