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More Taxpayer Money
Yet another $3,500,000 of your taxes going to the Brooks Museum, that's almost $10 million just this week, this time from Gov. Lee. We're all in favor of museums, but is anyone keeping a tab on taxpayer expenses and how your money is being spent?
Apr 171 min read


Where's all the Money Coming From?
Yet another $6,000,000 in taxpayer money going to the new Brooks Museum, bringing the total cost to ?? Mayor Paul Young took taxpayer money for riverboat docking and switched that money to permanently close Monroe Ave. for the Brooks Museum. The footprint of the Brooks Museum keeps eating up more public land (and now streets). This ever-expanding growth at least should be done with transparency of intent and cost to the taxpayer before it's "already started." Is it too late f
Apr 171 min read
Riverfront Rights Group Will Appeal Decision in Case with City of Memphis and Brooks Museum
In the case to protect the public promenade against unlawful development and stripping away its intended use, Friends for our Riverfront vowed to appeal the Chancery Court’s dismissal of the case. The court sided against the public-interest group on a procedural technicality without any ruling on the merits of the case in response to the City of Memphis and the Brooks Museum’s motion to dismiss. “We’re planning to appeal this technicality so that the facts of this case can pl
Mar 252 min read
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