http://www.memphisflyer.com/JacksonBaker/archives/2013/02/11/part-two-the-suburban-protest-goes-before-the-commission Comments On: Part Two: The Suburban Protest Goes Before the Commission by Jackson Baker en-us Copyright 2013 Memphis Flyer. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Memphis Flyer readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Memphis Flyer. wil@desert.net (Memphis Flyer Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
I am curious to see how this plays out assuming these 4 bills all pass in the legislature. If the bills pass, as I assume they will, I want to see if any parties change their tunes and how.

My guess is Mays is waiting right now.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:47:42 -0600 Memphis Flyer
You're bad. I vote for the one for oldtimer.
Posted by clarion]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:13:06 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by GroveReb84]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:29:12 -0600 Memphis Flyer
If that is correct there will be some very unhappy campers in Memphis. And that would mean another round of lawsuits.
Posted by clarion]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:46:41 -0600 Memphis Flyer
There is nothing in the bills about the buildings YET. One of the bills is a "caption" bill, whose title is a generic for schools . The bill will be used to scrub up any issues still outstanding in May.

There are enough sane people on the Unified BOE for us to sit down and negotiate with, provided the SCC8 don't try and pack the BOE with their buddies come July 1st.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:34:37 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Just for clarification, the lift of the MSD ban is going to limit the number of district in large counties to 6 maximum districts not including the county district. In Shelby, that would mean SCS and 6 MSDs.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:38:28 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I understand what you're saying about not taking a self confessed coward and loser seriously. It just bothers me to no end to have a coward call me one.
Posted by clarion]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:59:55 -0600 Memphis Flyer
You want proof of a level playing field?

Ask your daughter.

Ask Barack Obama.

Ask Colin Powell.

Ask the millions of black professional people.

Ask the black schoolteachers, administrators, union workers.

I can see the evidence for myself. Don't piss down my leg and tell me its raining.

These whines of racism as an excuse for lack of performance are getting older and older as the years go on.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:54:49 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Your child did not let that 300 year head start stop her, did she?

The many black professionals we see all around us every didn't didn't let that 300 year head start stop them, either.

So why whine about something you can't control?

300 year head start, 100 year head start, 10 year head start.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:43:12 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Also, that old money, generational wealth is only a small percentage of the population, a percentage of the population that mostly would be too good to associate themselves with people like we have in our suburbs.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:29:08 -0600 Memphis Flyer
My father was able to do what he did because his father, despite his own situation, emphasized education and sacrificed for him to get a college education.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:23:17 -0600 Memphis Flyer
In judging what my children have accomplished, there is no self pity. Hell, I did pretty good for myself in spite of the circumstances.
Posted by oldtimeplayer]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:58:45 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I can tell you for a fact that East Memphis old money looks down on suburban residents because our families, if they have money, had to make their own way and didn't have it for generations.

So again, if you are angry at the establishment, be angry at East Memphis, not us.

The people in the suburbs are more like your children, successful or middle class because their parents sacrificed to give them opportunity and forced them to focus on education, like you have.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:51:17 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Actually, you really do call it like you see it; it is only that your see things through a prism of racism, the depth of which we do not see. Facts are never spurious, they are only facts.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:43:59 -0600 Memphis Flyer
How many minorities was passed over for that job so that they could have made all of those sacrifices so their children would be successful?

I have no doubt that your father worked hard, sacrificed, etc. I am asking, was the playing field level for minorities when he got that job?

Anyone who runs the race of life can succeed, however, how long will it take them to approach the finish line when the rest of the runners had a 50 yard head start?

Hell, my folks worked hard, I mean very, very hard. The only problem is they didn''t have access to the good jobs that would have allowed all that hard work and sacrifices to trickle down to their children.

My daughter worked for a major university in this state, Memphis, no, not University of Memphis.
Posted by oldtimeplayer]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:47:26 -0600 Memphis Flyer
My grandfather on one side was military.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:59:16 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by oldtimeplayer]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:58:17 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Why is the 14th amendment not an issue in other parts of the country where some counties have multiple MSD's and SSD's? The county in PA where I attended school currently has 43 SSD's, each with taxing authority, and some are very segregated.
Posted by bluetaxi]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:41:58 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by burbgirl]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:46:44 -0600 Memphis Flyer
You haven't said anything that is strange. For your information, I have a bi-racial grandaughter, half Salvadorian and African American.
Posted by oldtimeplayer]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:17:57 -0600 Memphis Flyer
They won't believe you.

The level of denial is high. It's an emotional issue that especially a certain generation sees as a Civil Rights issue.
Posted by GroveReb84]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:04:09 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by burbgirl]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:46:01 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I can tell you what I think:

The NT2 bill passed last year was rushed through. It passed, but with opposition form Republican Richard Montgomery, who was from Hamiltion County.
Posted by ArlingtonPop]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:29:25 -0600 Memphis Flyer
I did not run off. I have other things that I do, also.
Posted by oldtimeplayer]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:06:53 -0600 Memphis Flyer
With all the talk about different types of judges, maybe you two can help me understand something here. There is one poster here that would constantly and I mean constantly always say that a federal judge was on the same level as God.
Posted by clarion]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:14:31 -0600 Memphis Flyer