At one point during the Wednesday, Feb. 20, meeting of the Shelby County Election Commission, chairman Robert Meyers interrupted a detailed and lengthy lecture by election commissioner George Monger by saying, “I object to the leading question.”

2. Shelby County Election Commission Keeps Holden - Thursday, February 21, 2013

For the second time since August, Shelby County Election Commissioners considered a motion by a Democratic election commissioners asking for the resignation of Election Administrator Richard Holden and for the second time voted down the motion in a party- line vote carried by the three-member Republican majority.

3. Election Certified Amid Continued Complaints - Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Shelby County Election Commissioners certified the results Monday, Nov. 26, of the Nov. 6 election.

But they offered different verdicts on how the election was conducted.

“Overall we had a good election,” said commissioner Dee Nollner.

4. Election Commission Certifies Nov. 6 Vote Results - Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Shelby County Election Commissioners certified the results Monday, Nov. 26, of the Nov. 6 election.

The certification sets in motion the swearing-in of members of the six suburban municipal school boards. And the boards, one for each of the suburban towns and cities in Shelby County, are expected to move quickly on a process for selecting superintendents for each school system by the end of the year.

5. Decision Day - Tuesday, November 06, 2012

The last election of 2012 will be one where questions continue to command as much attention if not more than candidates.

The polls are open Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Voters come to the polls in this election to vote in the presidential general election. That is what drives the only election cycle in which more than half of the county’s registered voters consistently show up.

6. Dispute Arises Over School Board Race - Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Shelby County Election Commission has identified 837 disputed votes in the Aug. 2 election for the District 4 countywide school board seat.

The information disclosed last week as part of a legal challenge of the results in the district race prompted a delay of a trial in the case before Chancellor Kenny Armstrong until some time after the Nov. 6 elections.

7. Audit Details Election Commission Faults - Wednesday, October 03, 2012

The Tennessee Comptroller’s audit division has concluded the Shelby County Election Commission has “demonstrated an inability to conduct elections without significant inaccuracies, including those identified in the 2012 elections.”

8. Election Reform Advisory Board Approved - Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A new Election Reform Advisory Board approved Monday, Sept. 24, by the Shelby County Commission is to report its recommendations by the end of March to the Shelby County Election Commission.

And the Election Commission is under no obligation to act or even accept the recommendations, although election commissioners Steve Stamson and Norma Lester are also on the committee of 12.

9. Commission To Put Pera On FedExForum Lease, Appoint Election Reform Panel - Monday, September 24, 2012

Shelby County Commissioners take up a new name on the lease for FedExForum at their Monday, Sept. 24, meeting.

On the agenda is a resolution replacing Hoops LP, the Memphis Grizzlies ownership group headed by Michael Heisley, with RJP Group LLC, the ownership group headed by Robert Pera.

10. Impact of Election Woes May Linger - Monday, September 24, 2012

The confirmation last week of the suspension and probationary period for Shelby County Elections Administrator Richard Holden may not be the end of his difficulties.

11. Holden Suspended by Election Commission - Friday, September 21, 2012

Shelby County Elections Administrator Richard Holden has been suspended for three days and put on probation for six months following the suspension because of the way the Aug. 2 elections were conducted.

12. Whalum Challenges Election in Court - Thursday, August 23, 2012

Countywide school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. filed suit against the Shelby County Election Commission Wednesday, Aug. 22, in the first of what are expected to be two election challenges.

Whalum is specifically contesting his loss to Kevin Woods in the District 4 countywide school board race on the Aug. 2 ballot. The 108-vote margin between Woods and Whalum was certified Monday by the election commission as it made official the results in all of the primary and general election races on the ballot.

13. Whalum Goes To Court Over August Election - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Countywide school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. filed suit against the Shelby County Election Commission Wednesday, Aug. 22, in the first of what are expected to be two election challenges.

Whalum is specifically contesting his loss to Kevin Woods in the District 4 countywide school board race on the Aug. 2 ballot. The 108-vote margin between Woods and Whalum was certified Monday by the election commission as it made official the results in all of the primary and general election races on the ballot.

14. Aug. 2 Election Results Certified - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The clock is running on any Chancery Court lawsuits now that the Shelby County Election Commission has certified the results of the Aug. 2 elections.

The audited results changed no outcomes in the county general elections and set of state and federal primary races.

15. Election Commission Certifies Vote - Votes Down Ouster of Holden - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Shelby County Election Commissioners certified the results Monday, Aug. 20, of the Aug. 2 elections in Shelby County.

But the unanimous voice vote hardly quelled the controversy over the conduct of the election being investigated by state officials.

16. Co. Election Commission to Certify Aug. 2 Results - Monday, August 20, 2012

Shelby County Election Commissioners won’t completely close the books Monday, Aug. 20, on the troubled Aug. 2 elections.

But they will certify the elections results, which is the point when results in specific races could be challenged in Shelby County Chancery Court.

17. Election Commission Admits Ballot Problems - Thursday, July 26, 2012

Challenges to the conduct of the Aug. 2 election may have reached a peak Tuesday, July 24.

The Shelby County Election Commission admitted a “limited number” of voters in some precincts got early voting ballots that included the wrong district races.

18. Planning Commission Moves Forward On Schools Merger - Monday, May 07, 2012

The schools consolidation planning commission is getting close enough to its goal of a plan for the merged school system that some members are now weighing how much political headroom to give the countywide school board.

19. Planning Commission Recommends Outsourcing Schools Custodians and Buses - Friday, May 04, 2012

The schools consolidation planning commission is recommending that the merged school system outsource custodial work at schools as well as bus transportation for students to private companies.

The vote by the panel Thursday, May 3, is a preliminary vote but with most of the 21 members there and all but two to three voting for the recommendation, it is an important indicator.

20. Schools Planning Commission Begins Look at Facilities - Monday, April 30, 2012

The schools consolidation planning commission took its first look Thursday, April 26, at a committee recommendation that the group recommend the countywide school board consider closing 21 schools.

21. Teacher Evaluation Sparks Debate Among Educators - Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The schools consolidation planning commission hasn’t made any decisions yet about teacher pay and benefits or suggestions about how many teachers the merged school system might need.

But when it got its first look at the human resources overview last week, there was immediate discussion about which direction to go in teacher evaluation.

22. Planning Group Hears of Structure Proposal - Monday, February 27, 2012

Next school year, a group of 112 schools in the separate Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools systems will operate outside the framework used by each of the school systems for governing their other schools.

23. Prescott Leads Schools Planning Commission - Friday, September 30, 2011

Former Memphis City Schools board member Barbara Prescott is chairman on the new schools consolidation planning commission.

24. Schools Planning Commission Begins Work - Thursday, September 29, 2011

The 21-member schools consolidation planning commission goes to work Thursday, Sept. 29, in a conference room at the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement in Shelby Farms.

25. Pickler Picks Five for Consolidation Commission - Friday, September 09, 2011

Shelby County Schools Board chairman David Pickler has selected the mayor of Bartlett, a county schools parent, the longtime head of the Shelby County Education Association, a reitred county schools administrator and a former Shelby County commissioner to serve on the schools consolidation planning commission.

26. Election Commission to Purge Voting Rolls - Friday, March 18, 2011

Determining the true level of voter participation in Shelby County is like trying to come up with a single reason for low voter turnout: It’s complicated.

Voter turnout in the March 8 schools consolidation referendum citywide was 17 percent of the 420,000 registered city voters.

27. Johnson Is Newest Election Commissioner - Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Former Shelby County election administrator James Johnson is the newest member of the Shelby County Election Commission.

28. UPDATE: Johnson Returns As Election Commissioner - Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Former Shelby County election administrator James Johnson is the newest member of the Shelby County Election Commission.

29. A Mayor’s Race to Remember: Candidates pump up the drama as election nears - Monday, September 21, 2009

The field is set at 25 candidates and Memphians start voting Sept. 25 in a mayor’s race that has been neither a surprise nor the expected.

But there’s no guarantee the election will settle what the post-Willie Herenton era will look like. Too many other events still have to be decided.

30. Field of 28 For Mayor Meets Filing Deadline With Enough Signatures - Thursday, September 03, 2009
 

A field of 28 candidates had filed petitions with enough valid signatures to run in the Oct. 15 special election for Memphis mayor by today’s noon deadline.

Shelby County Election Commission administrator Richard Holden told The Daily News several contenders had their petitions rejected once election commission staff checked the signatures.

Each person signing must be a registered voter in the city of Memphis and list the address that is on their voter registration record.

A total of 33 petitions were filed by the noon deadline. But several candidates were disqualified for not having enough signatures. And then three were returned to the list of candidates after a second check of their petitions. Those who returned to candidate status included Memphis school board member Sharon Webb.

Those who made today's cut have until noon Sept. 10 to withdraw from the race. The field will then become final.

The candidates include: 

• Leo Awghowhat
• Kenneth Baroff
• Joe Brown, Memphis City Council member
• Randy L. Cagle
• Charles Carpenter, attorney
• Carol Chumney, former City Council member
• Dewey Clark, former aide to and witness against jailed Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell
• James M. Clingan
• Menelik Fombi, a candidate for Memphis City Schools Board in past elections
• Wanda Halbert, chairwoman, City Council budget committee
• Johnny Hatcher
• Robert “Prince Mongo” Hodges  
• Constance Houston
• Dewayne Jones
• E.C. Jones, former City Council member
• Jerry Lawler, entertainer and former professional wrestler
• Myron Lowery, Memphis mayor pro tem
• Ernie Lunati
• Harrel C. Moore  
• Mary T. Shelby-Wright, perennial candidate for numerous offices
• Detric W. Stigall
• Silky Sullivan, restaurant owner and entrepreneur
• David Vinciarelli
• Vuong Vaughn Vo
• Sharon Webb, Memphis school board member
• Kenneth T. Whalum Jr., pastor of New Olivet Baptist Church and Memphis school board member
• A C Wharton Jr., Shelby County mayor
• John Willingham, former Shelby County commissioner

Sullivan showed up at the Election Commission in a white Rolls Royce wearing a white suit.

“When you see this white suit, you know I’m coming at you,” he told reporters as he outlined a plan to turn The Pyramid over to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital instead of the proposed lease to Bass Pro Shops.

“It’s going to be a dogfight,” Sullivan said of the mayor’s race.

When someone asked if he would still be in the race after next week’s withdrawal deadline, Sullivan said he was in “to the violent end.”

“You know you can’t win,” political blogger and radio talk show host Thaddeus Matthews said to Sullivan.

“Why not?” Sullivan replied.

Anthony Willoughby, the last candidate to file before noon, told reporters he was a Realtor-broker who played a role in the development of Banneker Estates in southwest Memphis, the subdivision developed by former Mayor Willie Herenton.

“I’m not a politician,” Willoughby said. “I’m going to run on that statement.”

Willoughby didn't have enough qualified signatures, though. So he won't be running.

Daniko Flowers, a construction worker still wearing his safety vest, showed up at five minutes before noon and checked out a petition. He returned at three minutes past noon and was not allowed to file. Flowers only had 18 signatures on the petition anyway.

31. Shelby County Schools To Build New Middle School - Tuesday, June 03, 2008

5600 Meadowbriar Trail
Permit Amount: $10 million
Project Cost:$13.5 million

Unincorporated Shelby County

Permit Date: Applied May 2008
Completion: Summer 2009
Owner: Shelby County Schools
Tenant: Shelby County Schools
Architect: McGehee/Nicholson/Burke/Architects
Contractor: Webb Building Corp.

32. Financing in Place For Towne Center at Soulsville - Tuesday, May 20, 2008

915 E. McLemore Ave.
Memphis, TN 38106
Loan Amounts: $5.8 million; $1.5 million; $1.5 million

Loan Dates: May 5, 2008

Maturity Dates: N/A

Borrower: New Towne Center Inc.

33. County Schools' Warehouse Conversion to Include Test Kitchen - Tuesday, August 14, 2007

2800 Grays Creek Drive
Arlington, TN 38002
Bid Due Date: Aug. 21, 2007

Owner: Shelby County Schools

34. Self-Appointed Watchdog Posts Campaign Contributions To Web Site - Monday, December 18, 2006

The words of FBI special agent My Harrison at a press conference about the latest public corruption scandal in Memphis resonated with the force of a shotgun blast.

"Tap, tap, tap - you never know where we're going to be," Harrison said on Nov. 30, the day two Memphis City Council members were implicated in a bribery scandal. The multi-agency investigation that triggered the press conference, "Main Street Sweeper," is continuing, she added.

35. In Pursuit of L.I.F.E. - Friday, October 27, 2006

Editor's Note: The following stories comprise the second part of a special series on the state of children in Memphis and Shelby County. To read yesterday's pieces, visit www.memphisdailynews.com.

36. New Mt. Pisgah MiddleOn Tap in Cordova - Thursday, May 18, 2006
The Shelby County school system is accepting bids for construction of a new Mt. Pisgah Middle School at 1444 Pisgah Road in Cordova, said Richard Holden, chief of operations for Shelby County Schools.

The work entails building a two-story sc

37. County Continues Preparations For Unusually Long Ballot This Fall - Friday, April 14, 2006

Thaddeus Matthews has worn many labels in his lifetime.

As colorful a Memphian as they come, he's been known as a radio "shock jock," a repo man, a tough-talking political watchdog, convicted felon, salesman, preacher, bounty hunter and a firebrand who continues to bemuse political observers.

38. Archived Article: Election (lead) - Tuesday, July 16, 2002
By RICK RUSSELL

Early voting kicks off pivotal election

By RICK RUSSELL

The Daily News

As local political hopefuls scamper to squeeze the breadth of an entire political campaign into a two-week period, voters apparently are packing the v...

39. Archived Article: Drb (lead) - Monday, July 16, 2001
By SUE PEASE Board asks whether screens mask new Downtown image By SUE PEASE The Daily News Considering whether installing security screens on school windows gives a perception that a neighborhood is unsafe, the Design Review Board tabled a project ...

40. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, December 04, 2000
Calendar of events: June 5 11 Calendar of events: Dec. 4-Dec. 11 Dec. 4 "Mallory-Neely: Memphis Holiday 1900 House" will examine the traditions and household technology of a turn-of-the-century house. The exhibit continues through Dec. 31 ...

41. Archived Article: Comm Briefs - Friday, December 01, 2000
Richard Holden, a member of the Shelby County Election Commission is the speaker at the Dutch Treat Luncheon at 12:30 p Richard Holden, a member of the Shelby County Election Commission, is the speaker at the Dutch Treat Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Dec. ...

42. Archived Article: Shelby School Bids Lj - Monday, March 27, 2000
County seeks bids County seeks bids For school projects By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The Shelby County Board of Education has started its search for a general contractor interested in overseeing construction of three school addition projects. Th...

43. Archived Article: Gov't (lead) - Monday, October 18, 1999
County school system County school system plans new bus facility By KATHLEEN BURT The Daily News A new facility that would replace a current one and save taxpayer dollars is on the drawing board for Shelby County Schools. The new facility is planned...