Commissioners hear COVID-19 update, praise Harris trip to Ghana
Even with fourth coronavirus patient, Shelby County Health Department director said there is still no need for mass testing.
Topic: Tami Sawyer
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March 2020
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Sexual harassment policy resolution passes County Commission
A resolution that asks Shelby County government to enforce the rules laid out in the employee handbook on sexual harassment regardless of who is accused was passed by the County Commission Monday, March 9. -
Shelby County wants out of permitless gun carry legislation
Shelby County Commission wants to be "carved out" of Tennessee's proposed permitless carry law.
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Widow gets $800,000 settlement from county in husband’s shooting death
Edmund Studdard was killed by two Shelby County sheriff's deputies in 2016.
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County commissioners want sexual-harassment policy enforced
Shelby County commissioners want to send a message about following the sexual harassment policy, regardless of who is accused.
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February 2020
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Residency rules go away for sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, corrections officers
Amending the county's residency requirements for public safety workers is intended to help with hiring and retention.
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Living outside Shelby County could come with a cost for some workers
If approved, an amended ordinance would let public safety workers live outside of Shelby County, but they would pay $2,500 in "residency compensation."
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County officials learn PILOTs won’t raise funds fast enough for MATA
There are things the Shelby County can and can't do to raise $10 million for public transit.
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Sanford: Put the police residency requirement to a vote
The unspoken sentiment behind objections to relaxing residency rules appears to be the prospect that white officers from small towns in North Mississippi, West Tennessee and Eastern Arkansas would be policing unfamiliar territory in North Memphis, South Memphis and Orange Mound.
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County attorney: Funding for new voting machines only through referendum
The Shelby County Commission will have to hold a public referendum if it wants to use capital funding for new voting machines, according to commission attorney Marcy Ingram.
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Nelson: The conservative case for moving Forrest’s bust
His defenders hail Nathan Bedford Forrest's 'great commander' status. But at Fort Pillow, Forrest gained temporary possession of a meaningless fort while making things worse for the Confederate military effort everywhere.
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Commissioner Tami Sawyer to host town hall meeting Saturday
Safety will be the focus of a town hall meeting Saturday at the Springdale Baptist Church.
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Residency stance isn’t anti-police, Sawyer says
Commissioner Tami Sawyers defends her opinion on law enforcement officers living where they work.
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County Commission panel weighs MATA funding ideas
Participants at a Shelby County public transportation ad hoc committee examined a number of ways the county can find dedicated funding for MATA.
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County transfers 150 vacant lots to group in model for blight efforts
Klondike-Smokey City residents will ultimately determine what happens to the lots its community development corporation was put in charge of Friday.
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Sawyer and Wright call for cleaner, more direct route to MATA funding
The Shelby County commissioners chairing the ad hoc committee sorting out county funding for city buses talked on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about eliminating some of the bells and whistles that have emerged to get to the funding.
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January 2020
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Politics Podcast: Hitting the reset button on the transit issue
Shelby County Commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mick Wright talk about the effort to get some kind of county funding for the city bus system back on the road and what that means in terms of accountability and what taxpayers can afford.
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Committee considers residency exemptions for public safety workers
An ad hoc committee of the County Commission on residency for Shelby County workers is considering limited exceptions for sheriff's deputies and fire department personnel.
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Referendum on residency idea fails in County Commission committee
An ordinance that would put the question of residency requirements for employees to Shelby County voters failed in committee Wednesday.
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Wheel tax increase to be pulled from Shelby County Commission agenda
Commissioner Willie Brooks, a sponsor of the wheel-tax resolution, said he's willing to find other ways to fund MATA.
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MICAH applauds plan to fund MATA with wheel tax increase
MICAH is rallying behind a Shelby County Commission resolution to raise the wheel tax by $20 to increase funding for the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
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November 2019
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Strickland campaign post mortem shows tightening of mayor’s race in summer months
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Jim Strickland campaign consultant Steven Reid talked about the blip in polling and said challenger Tami Sawyer never split the African American vote as rival and former Mayor Willie Herenton repeatedly charged during the campaign.
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How the 2019 elections gauged Memphis’ state of change
The race for mayor in particular highlighted different kinds of change at work in the city's politics, from cutting edge to much more gradual changes begun 12 years ago. With the winners and losers decided, the different kinds of change remain in play.
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A new Shelby County flag will likely have to wait a while
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright had hopes of unifying the county through a redesigned flag, but that won't happen right away.
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October 2019
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Traces of election still linger as business of City Hall resumes
There is no dispute about the results of who won and who lost in the Oct. 3 city elections. The direction the city takes from the election and what voters were saying about stark differences on issues between some of the contenders are still being sorted out. Meanwhile, four new council members are getting their first up-close look at how City Hall does business.
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