tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post3440950293208302401..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: Government Changes With Or Withour ConsolidationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-75677147864245284902008-04-03T16:34:00.000-05:002008-04-03T16:34:00.000-05:00I've always thought that the State's constitutiona...I've always thought that the State's constitutional provision on consolidation violates the "one-man, one-vote" rule from Baker v. Carr, which ironically was a challenge by the Shelby County Quarterly Court's chairman, Charlie Baker, of the distribution of voting strength between urban and rural areas in Tennessee that went to the US Supreme Court in 1962.<BR/><BR/>The dual majority (inside and outside Memphis)denies Memphians, as Shelby County taxpayers, the right to vote whether Shelby County government should merge with Memphis. To say that Memphians would then vote twice, ignores that they pay taxes to two governments being merged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-89267414186664110462008-04-02T10:48:00.000-05:002008-04-02T10:48:00.000-05:00One thing not mentioned here is the takeover of th...One thing not mentioned here is the takeover of the County Commission by the Democrats in 2006. <BR/><BR/>That changed a lot of the dynamics. Republicans, even those representing majority City districts, tend to favor suburban interests, presumably because their base of support is there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com