The term “one man, one vote” is taking on new meaning in Memphis where, in the haste to fill a vacant seat, a lone member of the Shelby County Democratic Party selected the next state representative for House District 84. You could call it the perfect storm, or you could call it a cluster.  Either […]

Thirty-two years after entering the Tennessee House, Rep. Joe Towns said farewell, resigning his District 84 post following his victory in the Criminal Court Clerk’s race in Memphis where, presumably, he won’t have to fiddle with the state Registry of Election Finance anymore. Towns, an old-school Democrat who does a decent Louis Armstrong impersonation, captured […]