There are 28 article(s) tagged Frank Colvett:

• July 2023

  • Frank Colvett drops out of mayor’s race, says field is too crowded

    Colvett pulled out of what is now an 18-candidate race at Thursday’s deadline for candidates to withdraw from the October Memphis ballot.

    By Bill Dries July 27, 2023

  • Gas, trips to Starbucks and legal expenses: Takeaways from mayoral finance filings

    Finance reports show spending patterns of Memphis mayoral candidates. 

    By Samuel Hardiman July 17, 2023

  • Colvett says he would be ‘extraordinarily pro-development’ mayor if elected

    Colvett said he would appoint a “housing director” if elected to move more Memphians toward homeownership.

    By Bill Dries July 14, 2023

• June 2023

  • 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.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 26, 2023

  • ‘They’re upset about 10%’: Proposed Memphis tax hike draws worry from some council members

    The council took no vote on the tax hike and could vote on it June 27. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 13, 2023

  • 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. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 12, 2023

• April 2023

  • Key takeaways from Monday’s mayoral debate

    Did you miss Monday’s Memphis mayoral debate? Here’s what you need to know. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 26, 2023

  • Watch: Memphis mayoral debate

    The discussion focused on crime and criminal justice moderated by The Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 25, 2023

  • Two Memphis mayoral candidates top fundraising. Then there’s everyone else

    The campaigns for several would-be Memphis mayors as well as close observers of the crowded race believe it’s going to take between $800,000 to $1.2 million to win the city’s highest office.

    By Samuel Hardiman April 17, 2023

• March 2023

  • Political Roundup: Mayoral candidates discuss police director’s future at forum

    Two contenders for Memphis mayor say they have already decided they will not keep Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis as Memphis Police director if they are elected.

    By Bill Dries March 16, 2023

• February 2023

  • A tenth candidate joins Memphis mayor’s race

    Memphis City Council member Frank Colvett formally announced his candidacy Thursday, Feb. 2.

    By Bill Dries February 02, 2023

• May 2022

  • Reconfigured Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium could bring back big concerts

    The logistics of the concert business have changed dramatically since the city’s last stadium show 25 years ago, with more elaborate stages. The planned renovation announced last week would allow the biggest tours to again have a venue in Memphis.

    By Bill Dries May 16, 2022

• August 2021

  • Council calls for return of mask mandate

    The resolution is not binding and the council cannot enact a mask mandate as it did previously because the state has blocked the ability for local governments to do so.

    By Bill Dries August 03, 2021

• May 2021

  • Masked City Council members meet warily in person for budget talks

    A budget committee meeting Monday, May 3, drew 12 of the 13 council members together at City Hall for the first time since mid-March of 2020. The in-person meetings continue Tuesday with a full slate of committee meetings before the 3:30 p.m. session of the council. 

    By Bill Dries May 03, 2021

  • City Council starts budget ‘Super Bowl’ at convention center

    The retreat Saturday, May 1, marks the first in-person council meeting in more than a year. It included new details of $16 million in bonuses to city employees in Mayor Jim Strickland’s $716 million budget proposal and a flap over whether team-building exercises and a tour of the Renasant Convention Center were open to reporters.

    By Bill Dries May 01, 2021

• March 2021

  • ‘Stringing us along': Trash talk in Memphis-Waste Pro showdown

    Better weather and a relentless barrage of complaints about garbage piling up seem to have been the breaking point in the city’s relationship with Waste Pro USA. The chairman of the City Council said it felt like the private waste company was “stringing us along.” 

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2021

• February 2021

  • MLGW’s water crisis came after funding for infrastructure overhaul was delayed

    When the city’s water system became a crisis last week, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division was several months underway with a five-year $142.4 million overhaul of water system infrastructure. 

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2021

  • MLGW compares water situation to ‘a critical patient’

    Memphis, Light, Gas and Water’s water pressure situation has improved since Friday, but the utility organization’s president J.T. Young said it’s still “a critical patient.” He may have a better timetable Sunday on lifting the boil water advisory. Meanwhile, City Council members look at the water crisis.

    By Omer Yusuf, Bill Dries February 20, 2021

• December 2020

  • City Council backs health directive, considers taking pay cut

    The council action wasn’t unanimous and it follows a split vote the day before by the Shelby County Commission expressing support for the countywide directive that takes effect the day after Christmas.

    By Bill Dries December 22, 2020

  • City Council unites on statewide mask mandate

    The council voted unanimously Tuesday to urge a statewide mask mandate, and several council members said their earlier vote against the city’s mask ordinance was wrong.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2020

• November 2020

  • Frank Colvett elected City Council chairman, followed by heated discussion

    Frank Colvett won election as City Council chairman Tuesday over Martavius Jones. But Colvett’s selection did not come without some controversy. 

    By Bill Dries November 17, 2020

• May 2020

  • City budget season moves along quietly

    The review by the council budget committee continued Wednesday with no major changes to the $708.8 million operating budget proposed by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland. The full council is scheduled to take final votes on the budget and a stable city property tax rate next week.

    By Bill Dries May 27, 2020

  • Council joins call to lift absentee ballot restrictions

    The call for an executive order by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is the latest, including three lawsuits pending in Nashville. Lee has said he will not issue an executive order dropping state law's present restrictions on the mail-in ballots.

    By Bill Dries May 19, 2020

• October 2019

  • 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.

    By Bill Dries October 16, 2019

• August 2019

  • Dispute between Lausanne, neighborhood could move from courtroom to City Hall

    An ongoing dispute between Lausanne Collegiate School and its residential neighbors is headed to court but made a stop at the City Council along the way.

    By Bill Dries August 20, 2019