There are 6 article(s) tagged Willie Simon:

• October 2025

  • 1968, 1978 and 2020: National Guard looms large in city’s history

    The 1968 deployment of troops to Memphis during the sanitation workers strike stands out in the city’s history. But there have been other guard deployments in the city since.

    By Bill Dries October 14, 2025

• September 2025

  • Mayor Young’s strategy for working with the National Guard

    The arrival of National Guard troops in Memphis is the most rigorous test yet of Mayor Paul Young’s strategy for working with Republicans at the state and federal levels in the Tennessee’s bluest city.

    By Bill Dries September 12, 2025

• 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