There are 4 article(s) tagged Steven Reid:

• October 2020

  • First balloting in presidential election begins this week

    Voter registration drives are busy on the last weekend before the registration deadline. But more than 80% of Shelby County’s voting age population is already registered. The tale of the 2020 presidential election in Shelby County will be told by the voters on the rolls who show up.

    By Bill Dries October 04, 2020

• May 2020

  • Complex battle over MLGW electric power contract intensifies on multiple fronts

    The MLGW contract with TVA to supply all of its electric power goes back to the Great Depression. The contract is in play with some concerted lobbying efforts that have drawn the ire of at least one City Council member and some interesting filings in two federal courts.

    By Bill Dries May 11, 2020

• November 2019

  • 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. 

    By Bill Dries November 12, 2019

• October 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