Friday, February 22, 2008
Consolidation Blog
So, I was reading a random blog that I found on the internet about Consolidation. It was done by Mr. Rustmeister, a retired US soldier. He stated his opinions on the Consolidation of Memphis and Shelby County. He stated that Memphis was mostly black and poor. He also stated that Shelby County was produminately white and affluent. Rustmeister stated,"I can understand why the county wants nothing to do with the city. The mayor's a joke, the city council's more worried about selling beer in titty bars than doing anything about crime. Police and firefighters have been getting the shaft since I can remember. Who wants that?" Is this really how we want our city portreyed as? I guess you can use his arguement as a type of propaganda, because it is only one-sided. He also talks about the high tax, but he fails to mention that consolidation would help that tax situation out. But overall, I found his arguements interesting
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consolidation can be good an bad i dont know where i stand in it but if it was talking baout memphis taking collierville i would be againt it because i think that it might be to big of an area to have one leader instead of branches. Hopefully it wont happen but at the same time if it does i will probably will be gone by then.
I'm glad to see you making progress on your topic and still researching and reading. Don't forget if you get need help, you call always look to your group members.
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