tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post8983827505647767134..comments2024-03-01T07:43:16.529-06:00Comments on Smart City Memphis: Solving Old Problems Rather Than Grabbing New LandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-40347124565292157442008-09-30T10:07:00.000-05:002008-09-30T10:07:00.000-05:00Anon. 2:22Your idea is 15 years too late. Jim Rou...Anon. 2:22<BR/><BR/>Your idea is 15 years too late. Jim Rout circumvented the Memphis 2000 plan with his ridiculous Grey's Creek <BR/>Sewer trade-off with the City of Memphis. City residents got about $2 million for housing and some other pitiful bread crunbs from the County (75% of which is City taxpayer money) and Rout's cronies profited shamelessly to the tune of billions of dollars in direct and indirect benefits. Why do you think Shelby County's debt is higher than that of the State?<BR/><BR/>This was the so called "Balanced Growth Agreement" implemented in the 1990's. It set the table for the sprawling development that our grandchildren will still be paying for in 50 years.<BR/><BR/>Shelby County began providing urban services back in the early 80's when it was decided that the rural areas needed professional fire services, ambulance services, roads and too many schools built way before their time so greedy developers, mainly Jackie Welch, could build more houses than our economy could possibly support. <BR/><BR/>One could write 2 or 3 books on this disgraceful performance by our local elected officials and the lack of backbone from their appointed puppet who served as Director of Planning in the 90's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-17403416841667318162008-09-26T21:11:00.000-05:002008-09-26T21:11:00.000-05:00Chuck, I'm sure that's what all the bigwigs in the...Chuck,<BR/> I'm sure that's what all the bigwigs in their big boy pants thought before they did that strategy over and over here, and never noticed it FAILED.<BR/> I wonder what the difference in those cities was,, NOT.Zippy the giverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670742278387967862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-74393590919328202182008-09-24T14:06:00.000-05:002008-09-24T14:06:00.000-05:00Dear Smart:The most prosperous metro areas in the ...Dear Smart:<BR/>The most prosperous metro areas in the country have central cities that have been able to annex new territory.<BR/><BR/>ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-65659349125769697292008-09-23T23:37:00.000-05:002008-09-23T23:37:00.000-05:00We must be spread very far and thin when you can b...We must be spread very far and thin when you can buy a piece of prime real estate in the downtown metro area for less than $50,000. No city can annex it's way to prosperity, unless it becomes the city next door instead of the city it was.Zippy the giverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670742278387967862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-81116192168526859242008-09-23T22:18:00.000-05:002008-09-23T22:18:00.000-05:00Memphis can't annex to prosperity. It has to have ...Memphis can't annex to prosperity. It has to have an educated workforce,clean neighborhoods, crime under control and good schools.Then the jobs and new residents will come. This requires leadership, cooperation and a progressive attitude across all political and regional boundaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-45518870240162576092008-09-23T17:59:00.000-05:002008-09-23T17:59:00.000-05:00No annexation, except for that Whitten road area.....No annexation, except for that Whitten road area.. That hole in the donut costs us nothing and brings big benefits for the City, especially Memphis Schools and not in terms of taxes. Citizens are in jeopardy in terms of life services.<BR/><BR/> This is not a land grab or a grab for taxes. It has to be done. City needs the schools and the developers have held it off long enough.<BR/><BR/>Forget about the area east of Hickory Hill and Cordova. But, Willie and the council need to do this Appling/Whitten area now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-25808595878228576572008-09-23T15:34:00.000-05:002008-09-23T15:34:00.000-05:00Nope, I don't think either mayor in power now shou...Nope, I don't think either mayor in power now should run for anything, period. They BOTH got us into this mess, at least Wharton had a distraction to keep the heat off him, Herenton.<BR/> SMC you are 100% on target here again. Hollow victory, eh?Zippy the giverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670742278387967862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-3908210838914189392008-09-23T14:22:00.000-05:002008-09-23T14:22:00.000-05:00gee it really is simple. Reconvene the 1101 Commi...gee it really is simple. Reconvene the 1101 Committee (permitted in the legislation) and get all the mayors to simply undo the annexation agreements and enforce the Urban Service Boundary-(thick blue line on the Memphis 2000 Policy Plan Map)which was to set a limit on 'urban services'.<BR/>Then get hizzoner to redo everything to where de moneyed bourgoisie cannot escape his enlightened rule and can be taxed according to the limit of their civic responsibility.<BR/><BR/>throw in a rail to trail for sydney and henri to the hood for easier access to the pickins to the east and voila! <BR/>Instant planning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12509286.post-14822339943836133802008-09-23T11:43:00.000-05:002008-09-23T11:43:00.000-05:00Are you going to be able to keep posting when it a...Are you going to be able to keep posting when it always goes back to the same fundamental issue. The Herenton Administration, along with general Memphis/Shelby County political establishment, is incapable of addressing the problems facing our community. We've got three more years of Herenton, then Wharton moves over to city mayor and Deidre Malone becomes county mayor. I don't see too much shaking up of the system for the next 7 years at least. That's at least a few hundred blog posts tied to the same subject.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com