Mornin’. It’s Tuesday, June 4, and the Memphis City Council meets today, where they’ll be talking about property taxes, FedExForum operation, museum management and loads more. 

It’s also apparently National Cheese Day. Perhaps you’re celebrating with a tub of Pancho’s and usual Early Word host and vegan celebrity Bianca Phillips is doing the same with some nut-based variation. 

Bianca will be back tomorrow. Until then, let’s get into it. 

Read their lips: No, wait. Nobody here made that promise. The current question at both the Shelby County Commission and Memphis City Council is whether there should be a raise in local property taxes, but if so by how much. At the County Commission yesterday, Commissioner Erika Sugarmon suggested she’s proposing a one-year-only 30% increase, which she described as “modest,” while also circulating information on potential 10% and 20% increases, saying that a lack of increase over the past 15 years has created a budget crunch. This is in contrast to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ proposal that the county rate remain stable. The Commissioner will likely make a final vote on June 17. On the city side, the City Council will, today, take up Mayor Paul Young’s call for a 75-cent city property tax increase, but seems likely to follow suit, delaying a final vote until later in the month. Bill Dries has more on a range of issues at the fore this week on both the county and city sides.

Get ’lo: 13,440? That’s the number of pieces of chicken battered and fried at Superlo every day. No, not at all of the stores in the Memphis grocery chain. Just at the East Memphis store on Spottswood. As the local chain – once named Big Star, which inspired the name of the classic Memphis band – turns 80, Geoff Calkins spent a day getting lost in the supermarket.

Elsewhere, Memphis dips into rainy day fund for FedExForum, airport giant Larry Cox remembered and Tiger coaches talk.