Midtown Facts
Although Midtown is a rather vague term for an area in Memphis, it basically entails Central Gardens, Overton Park, Hein Park near Rhodes College, Cooper Young, Annesdale Snowden, Little Hanoi and the Parkway.
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- May 8, 2012 - Best Seller to Film - Marcus Luttrell, the valiant Navy SEAL who wrote the best selling "Lone Survivor," announced that the book is being made into a movie starring Mark Wahlberg. It's a great read and tells the true story of how he survived an attack on his SEAL team in... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Sponsor a T shirt - Kim Perry, Weirich campaign manager, writes: "We'd like to build name recognition for General Weirich by having our volunteers wear t-shirts with our logo, but t-shirts cost money -- $8.40 each to be exact! We’re getting ready to place our t-shirt order soon, and we’re hoping you will help make it a LARGE order. A great way to support the campaign is to sponsor 20 t-shirts for just $168! Or sponsor 10 t-shirts for $84! Or sponsor 5 t-shirts for $42! Of course, if you're kind enough to sponsor shirts we'll make sure you get one, too! You can donate by clicking http://www.daweirich.com/?page_id=963 and we'll take care of the... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Help Scott Walker - "All the eyes of America for the next five weeks are going to be on the state of Wisconsin. America is going to find out what is more powerful: The people or the money and special interests from Washington, D.C.? Wisconsin will answer that question." - Governor Chris Christie, campaigning for Scott Walker. You can donate to help Walker here: -... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Fundraiser for Fincher - Congressman Stephen Fincher (TN-8), new East Memphis Congressional representative, is holding a dutch treat breakfast to meet and converse with him on Wednesday, May 23 at 8 a.m. at the Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin. Please RSVP to Kim Kaegi or Mary Brette Clippard at MaryBrette@KaegiResources.com or call 615-513-9823. Limited seating available. $15 per person cash covers... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Georgetown Strays From the Fold - The Cardinal Newman Society reports: "Georgetown University has announced that "pro-choice" Catholic Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and lead architect of the Obama administration's assault on religious freedom through the HHS contraception mandate, has been invited to speak at one of Georgetown's several commencement ceremonies." Indicative of what is happening in higher... More →
- May 3, 2012 - Uh, Well Maybe a Bad Pick - From algemeiner: "American Jewish artist and Nazi supporter Gertrude Stein was cited yesterday in a White House proclamation in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month 2012 - The official release which praises Jewish contributions to American society includes the following statement, “Their history of unbroken perseverance and their belief in tomorrow’s promise offers a lesson not only to Jewish Americans, but to all Americans. From Aaron Copland to Albert Einstein, Gertrude Stein to Justice Louis Brandeis.” - Stein, who’s exhibition currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was strongly criticized by Harvard Law Professor in an Algemeiner column yesterday, where he wrote, “Gertrude Stein was herself a major collaborator with the Vichy regime and a supporter of its pro-Nazi... More →
By Georgeann King, on May 12th, 2012 Justin Joy, Shelby GOP chairman writes:
“I’m very pleased to announce that Peggy Larkin will be the new Executive Director of the Republican Party of Shelby County. Peggy, who is also our first vice chairman, has done a great job over the past year overseeing headquarters operations and has helped with getting many other things
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By Georgeann King, on May 1st, 2012 The Midtown Republican Club will hear Memphis attorney and RNC committeeman John Ryder about his redistricting plans and their effects on the 2012 election.
He will be our guest tonight at 6 at Cafe Eclectic on North McLean.
Mr. Ryder sent this information today about a new plan at the RNC:
“Today the Republican National
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By Georgeann King, on February 29th, 2012 
Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney explains how the process will work in our state:
By Georgeann King, on February 16th, 2012 Justin Joy, Shelby GOP Chairman, had good news to report on the Gala:
Last Friday, February the 10th, the Shelby County GOP held its 37th Annual Lincoln Day Gala. The time and preparation that went into the event was monumental. However, the work more than paid off as we set new records of fundraising
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By Georgeann King, on February 1st, 2012 I wouldn’t get too excited about today’s ADP report of private jobs added for the month. It’s heralded as an indicator of Friday’s unemployment number, but it has missed as much as hit. In other words, a monkey with a dart board is probably as accurate.
Here’s the analysis from ZeroHedge blog:
The highly irrelevant
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By Georgeann King, on January 31st, 2012 This morning the Congressional Budget Office came out with information on the deficit for 2012. It is a staggering 1.08 trillion (you might want to up the Rick Santelli video below). This makes the fourth trillion plus deficit in a row. Not good and no signs of anyone slashing it.
Not surprising, then, is it
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By Georgeann King, on January 26th, 2012 Tuesday night at Channel 5′s 10 p.m. newscast, I was aghast to hear Joe Birch read this nugget: “Tea Party activists in Tennessee want to ban the word slavery (he dropped that word as heavily as a two volume encyclopedia onto a library floor) from Tennessee school textbooks. This comes more than one year after
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By Georgeann King, on January 20th, 2012 County Commissioner Heidi Shafer was interviewed on the Ken, Bev and Andrew show on 98.9 this morning. She talked about the contentious redistricting issue. She said they may vote to switch chairman on Monday.
By Georgeann King, on January 18th, 2012 Alan Crone, former Shelby GOP chairman, discussed SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) on Channel 3. Here’s what he said about it.
By Georgeann King, on December 14th, 2011 A lot of economic news is being eclipsed by the media’s obsession with Republican presidential polls. It seems they want to inform us hourly of any change therein and still not one vote has been cast.
They’re overlooking the train wreck that is Europe, for one. Even though our attention has drifted away from it,
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