If there were a good idea for the Coliseum out there, why hasn't it come forward by now? It’s a fair question. The mayor said, "We tried hard to find a use for the Coliseum." I don't believe it. Good ideas have come forward, but they’ve been ignored and discouraged from ever going anywhere.
Read MoreLast year, Memphis voters correctly chose not to extend term limits for mayor and city council. Like council super-districts, there is no runoff for mayor. On the one hand, this is good because runoffs typically have extremely low turnouts and are a waste of taxpayer dollars. On the other hand, no runoff is bad because a candidate can win an election by a plurality with a very small percentage of the vote. D.A. Steve Mulroy and I, along with many others, attempted to change this through instant runoff voting, which Memphis voters approved twice.
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