tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post115258074808172441..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: Core City Is Magnet For Young "Movers"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-1152638696580238002006-07-11T12:24:00.000-05:002006-07-11T12:24:00.000-05:00Well, what you fail to realize is that flight isn'...Well, what you fail to realize is that flight isn't just for white folks any more; middle-class African-Americans are heading for DeSoto and Fayette as well, leaving two classes of people outside the Poplar Corridor; the very wealthy and the very poor.<BR/><BR/>We are making some inroads; however, the city mayor's refusal to admit that there are any problems, especially with regards to crime, is accelerating the decline. Until he is no longer mayor and is replaced with someone SERIOUS about crime, we will continue to see this problem.Steve Steffenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104688163653632284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-1152601580791378822006-07-11T02:06:00.000-05:002006-07-11T02:06:00.000-05:00Carol must not be from Memphrica. There are four t...Carol must not be from Memphrica. There are four things that will keep people in not only Memphis, but Shelby County.<BR/><BR/>1. Controlling the crime rate.<BR/>2. Lowering property taxes.<BR/>3. Raising the bar on education.(that doesn't mean more money, it means fixing the educational system so that it delivers people with marketable skills)<BR/>4. Increase the number of jobs in the local job market.<BR/><BR/>Memphrica will soon become Detroit II. The metamorphosis has already begun. I read where over 50,000 voters had fled Shelby County in the past four years (whites).<BR/><BR/>Crime is driving people out and the leaders who are supposed to be dealing with the problem don't have any new plans. They keep trying the same failed stuff and getting the same results. (Remember the definition of insanity)<BR/><BR/>The schools suck. That's about as nicely as you can put it. Go to one of the inner city schools and hold a conversation with an "English" teacher. They can't even use good grammar and yet they are supposed to be teaching our kids. The kids come out axing querstions of the jerdge. What a screwed up product MCS turns out.<BR/><BR/>Taxes - damn they are going to keep going up because the leadership knows nothing but tax and spend. John Willingham is seen as crazy because he wants to install a payroll tax. No one listens to the other part about cutting a bunch of taxes so that the net result is paying less taxes. Wharton will raise property taxes for the third time if he is reelected.<BR/><BR/>Jobs - hmmm we'll be lucky if we can keep FedEx here.<BR/><BR/>Fayette and Desoto county are getting the best and brightest from Shelby County, not to mention those with the money. Memphis will soon become "that place where the airport and football stadium are located, and you can get a good meal at some of the restaurants if you don't mind taking your life in your own hands."<BR/><BR/>Watch the houses hit the market after the August elections when the democrats kick a little butt. I can hear it now, Warp fact 10 Mr Sulu, we're outa here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com