There are 4 article(s) tagged Greater 901 Initiative:

• August 2023

  • Opinion: A call for ‘audacious proposals’ from the mayoral candidates

    “Imagine our city’s future defined by audacity and innovation, not vague and undefined promises to be ‘tough on crime’ and to create ‘more youth opportunities.’”

    By Chance Carlisle August 27, 2023

• May 2023

  • Opinion: Fighting back against a ‘crime-induced public health crisis’

    “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.”

    By Chance Carlisle May 25, 2023

  • Political Roundup: Dreamfest, the mayor’s race poll, residency ruling

    Five of the dozen candidates running for Memphis mayor came to the Overton Park Shell Saturday as the race for mayor enters its most public phase.

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    By Bill Dries May 23, 2023

  • Group that funded 2023 mayor’s race poll identified, plans another one

    The Greater 901 Initiative, a political action committee, was identified as the group paying for the earlier poll in an email sent out Tuesday evening.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 03, 2023