Commissioner Mick Wright

This high level timeline for the CLEAR Initiative can be instructive for anyone wishing to move the needle in local government. This one project stretches across the entire 4 year term, and there are other similar examples. My advice to future officials: keep taking the next step.

On Memorial Day, I remember my classmate Micah S. Gifford. He was one of two soldiers killed when an IED detonated near his unit while on patrol during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2006. Micah was 27.

Gov. Lee Announces Appointments to Educational Oversight Board for Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Wishing a happy birthday to my colleague and neighbor from District 6, Commissioner Charlie Caswell, who always reminds us to “tell the Lord thank ya.” In both sunshine and rain.

On May 6, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting to fill a vacancy in TN House District 93.

The Board fills vacancies in accordance with a procedure included in its Permanent Rules of Order (Rule 35b, Exhibit F).

The nominations and votes proceed numerically by district number, in a rotating fashion, with the chair always going last. For this appointment, District 3 was first up.

Of the six individuals who applied for the appointment, four were eligible for nomination, as one did not attend the committee interview, and one withdrew.

Three of the four eligible applicants received a nomination, and one candidate reached a majority in the first round -- T.J. Hardaway.

Ten of 13 commissioners were present for the vote.

You gotta admit the “local accountability and transformation plan” is off to a strong start at MSCS now that we’ve *checks notes* re-elected the board chair who set this entire thing in motion. You can almost taste the deep and comprehensive change.

TJ Hardaway has been appointed as interim Representative for House District 93.

These are the applicants to fill the vacancy in TN House District 93.