There are 4 article(s) tagged Willie Simon:

• May 2025

  • Shelby County Democratic Party elects leader

    A grassroots organizer emerged as the winner over a retired businessman and party activist.

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2025

• March 2025

  • County Democratic Party convention derails amid calls for unity

    The convention to elect a local party chairman went astray over the bylaws and the 300 attendees never got around to voting on a new leader. 

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2025

  • Political Roundup: The race for Democratic chair; Tesla and townhalls

    The political roundup focuses on a busy Saturday. Democrats discussed what has gone wrong in the party, and we look at some tumultuous Congressional townhall meetings of the past.

    By Bill Dries March 23, 2025

• February 2025

  • Local Democratic, Republican leaders talk pros, cons of deportation

    “... They are not committing any other crime,” Worth Morgan said. “But they are being exploited and they are taking a job away from somebody here in Memphis that would want that job.”

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2025