citizen13's Point of Skew

Ernie Freeman. I am actually being serious. His character and the fact he is straight forward in speaking his mind. He is intelligent, well educated and would have Memphis best interests in mind. He would be electable as he is a public figure who displays commonsense.

Well, So far, I have not seen anyone that I would think to replace the mayor. Not that I want him for another term..

I have pick out some that of equal to the replacement of th mayor

Bozo the Clown " oh I forgot, he's dead
Bubbles( Michael's monkey) dang, he dead too

before I say who I would pick up front. I want to know their views. That is one of our biggest problem, we pick without research.

I do know that the mayor has brought this city up to the standards of a major city. but it has come with a major price. I think is focus over looked his goal.

His temper and conversation is like talking to a dirty diaper. is smells.

TTNF

This is exactly my point. Ernie Freeman, and Carol Chumney are the only serious suggestions that I see here. The only other possible candidate that comes to my mind is Myron Lowery. We don't have much of a "gene pool" from which to choose.

There are probably a lot of well qualified people but with no name recognition. Not everyone will research the candidates, a lot of well qualified people don't want the job for fear of dirty politics. The ones that are used to mudslinging are most likely not the ones that we want in office anyway.

As I stated, "unless a good, strong, well known candidate comes forward, then Herenton will win almost by default." He won't win because he is the people's choice. He will win because at this time there seems to be a lack of opponents. Either people will not vote because there is nobody to chose from, or many people who do vote will be going strictly on name recognition. Sad but true.

I wish people would stop trying to make it appear that choosing a candidate to support for mayor is so difficult. If we as a society choose someone with our best interest at heart, we can get them elected. It only takes a united effort. The mayor's job most important qualification should be someone with common sense. The city is run by the employees and not the mayor. We need someone who is more concern with the general welfare of the people and less concern with corporate welfare.

I must agree with TomG. Safety and education are important to attract business. Business would bring in jobs, not just tourists. Memphis does have a good location, but we could attract a higher standard of living for us all with safe streets, and a good educational system.

Yes the city is run by it's employees. The mayor is an employee of the city. The people are the ones in charge. If an employee doesn't meet up to expectations they should be replaced.

The people are asking for safer streets, neighborhood improvements, jobs that pay a livable wage, and a decent education for their children.

The mayor has done okay as far as revitalizing downtown. The idea is to bring more tourist money to the city. That's good for creating tourism jobs, but the majority of those jobs are not exactly high paying.

The companies that do come to Memphis get property tax breaks. If they get tax breaks, the least that they can do is pay their employees a livable wage. When people make a livable wage they have money to spend that helps local business, and creates more tax revenues.

In the meantime, the answer always seems to be higher property taxes. People with enough money leave, and all Herenton can say is "Bye, bye." It gets harder and harder for Joe or Jane Q. Public to afford to live in Memphis. It is time for our mayor to revitalize the neighborhoods.

Again I say bring forth this candidate with common sense and the welfare of the people in mind. We need to find this candidate as soon as possible, or the election will have passed us by.

Willie needs to go,Willie Thinks Three ways Raise, Spend, And Waste the tax payers money.Memphis needs new leadership Carol Chumney is the person that Memphis needs.

Not so fast, that is the problem we we keep experiencing. Maybe, Carol Chumney can respond to our blogs and give us some idea of how she would address our concerns. If Sunny1 draft a letter to Ms. Chumney, please ask her to let us know her desires for improving Memphis and solving some of our problem. In that way, we could make an intelligent decision about who we want to support as Mayor. Remember we are "THE PEOPLE" and we want our voices to be heard.

Let Elvis Do It

I think this is even bigger in looking for a mayoral replacement, we really should look at changing the qualifications.

The city is a business, and we need someone who can pull this city out of it's result of poor management. We need a strong business professional with a flair for bringing business into the city for growth, while improving the state of the city itself. That person needs to know that it will start from the inside out in order to get better.

A real business plan is in order.