Setting up the short week

Flyway, budgets and 'The Birdcage'

Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips joins us in the studio today to prepare for the week ahead [https://dailymemphian.com/article/63540/this-week-in-memphis-budgets-season-memphis-flyway-city-pools-open?utm_source=site_search&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=site_search]. Plus: * A former Memphis news anchor starts a PR firm to help clients "command the moment" [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/business/article/63599/former-memphis-news-anchor-richard-ransom-starts-public-relations-firm] * Another 201 Poplar inmate dies [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metropublic-safety/article/63582/another-201-poplar-inmate-dies] * The City of Memphis is beginning to connect vacant lots in a North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment [https://dailymemphian.com/section/businessreal-estate/article/63584/memphis-affordable-housing-development-north-essential] * Kuhn launches her congressional bid at a Cordova gas station [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metro/article/63580/memphis-democrat-heidi-kuhn-launches-bid-for-8th-congressional-district] * Former Evolve bank CEO is sentenced in a child sexual abuse material case [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/business/article/63550/memphis-bank-robert-hartheimer-sentenced-child-pornography]

Pizza witches, Filipino fest and Pride

Newsletter editor Bianca Phillips is here with all sorts of information about what to do this weekend [https://dailymemphian.com/section/arts-culturethe-to-do-list/article/63431/memphis-to-do-list-midsouth-pride-cemetery-cinema]. Plus: * Two Memphis restaurants are adding multiple locations [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/businessreal-estate/article/63478/memphis-food-files-taco-prime-petals-peony-peach-cobble-factory-farm-table] * Central BBQ launches new breakfast items [https://dailymemphian.com/section/food15-deals/article/63554/memphis-restaurant-deal-central-bbq-brisket-burrito] * The renovated Bickford Aquatic Center makes a splash [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metrocity-of-memphis/article/63594/renovated-bickford-aquatic-center-makes-a-splash] * Ed Scott reveals how much Memphis spends on basketball and football [https://dailymemphian.com/section/sportsmemphis-tigers-basketball/article/63539/ed-scott-memphis-tigers-athletics-spending-budget] * County commissioners consider keeping the property tax rate at $2.69 [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metroshelby-county/article/63561/shelby-county-budget-property-tax-rate-board-of-commissioners] * The U of M board approves a tuition increase and bonus for the president [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/metroeducation/article/63546/u-of-m-board-approves-a-tuition-increase-bonus-for-president] * Ducks Unlimited raises billions for waterfowl protection [https://dailymemphian.com/section/business/article/63541/ducks-unlimited-raises-billions-for-wetland-protection]

Do I have to pay my traffic ticket?

There are more than 225 traffic cameras around Memphis, including 30 that were installed in school zones last September. But if a driver gets a traffic camera ticket, do they really have to pay it? That was the question in this week's Ask the Memphian, [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/metropublic-safety/article/63242/ask-the-memphian-do-i-have-to-pay-a-ticket-from-a-traffic-camera] and reporter Jody Callahan ran down the answer. Plus: * Wanda Halbert seeks a recount in her primary loss [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metroelections/article/63480/wanda-halbert-seeks-recount-in-primary-loss-for-shelby-county-criminal-court-clerk] * The Elvis Presley Boulevard project may last another five years [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metrocity-of-memphis/article/63538/whitehaven-town-meeting-elvis-presley-boulevard-project-to-end-2031] * Hollywood Feed announces Memphis layoffs [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/business/article/63498/hollywood-feed-announces-memphis-layoffs-pet-supply-store] * A Mapco Express is coming to Poplar and Highland [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/businessreal-estate/article/63489/mapco-express-poplar-highland-corner-memphis]

Germantown's horse show rides again

The 77th Germantown Charity Horse Show opened Tuesday, June 2, bringing riders from all over to one of the largest multi-breed shows in the United States. Each year, about 25,000 people attend. There are carriage driving competitions, elite jumping and, on Saturday, the $25,000 Grand Prix with expert riders. But this year, reporter Abigail Warren took a different tack and asked this question: What do the neighbors think? [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/suburbsgermantown/article/63296/germantown-charity-horse-show-moore-road-memphis-suburb] The answer might surprise you. Plus: * A former DeSoto County priest-in-training pleads guilty to child sexual abuse material [https://dailymemphian.com/section/suburbsnorth-mississippi/article/63526/former-desoto-county-seminarian-pleads-guilty-child-sexual-abuse-material] * Arlington passes a budget and dodges raising the property tax rate [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/suburbsarlington/article/63484/arlington-tennessee-passes-final-reading-for-annual-budget] * Former Memphis Grizzly Tony Allen pleads guilty to a reduced charge in an Arkansas drug case [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metroon-the-record/article/63437/former-memphis-grizzly-tony-allen-pleads-guilty-to-reduced-charge] * Shelby County delays an $18M lawsuit settlement as debate continues [https://dailymemphian.com/section/metroshelby-county/article/63483/shelby-county-commission-postpones-lawsuit-as-sheriff-mayor-clash] * A resident of Germantown Station would like to add disc golf holes to a neighborhood park [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/suburbsgermantown/article/63429/gemantown-basket-case-six-hole-disc-golf-pitch-is-tricky]

Why would the City Council chair want to split the IT department?

Earlier this year, two draft Memphis City Council resolutions, both regarding the city's Information Technology department, appeared on the body's agenda. Both were quickly pulled from the city's website and the agenda without explanation. Now we know, based on emails and other documents, that the proposals were pulled after Memphis Mayor Paul Young's administration warned the City Council chair [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/metrocity-of-memphis/article/63358/memphis-city-council-jana-swearengen-washington-warned] that her behavior could violate the city charter. Joining us today is reporter Sam Hardiman to talk about the proposals, what the Young administration was concerned about and several City Council staffers being let go. Plus: * Germantown's Glasgow plan is stuck in limbo amid FEMA delays [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/article/63403/government-shutdown-delays-germantown-country-club-development] * UTHSC is investigating former employees after a racism claim involving a controversial instructor [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/businesshealth-care/article/63412/midtown-memphis-uthsc-launches-investigation-into-former-employees] * The Horseshoe Tunica operator is closer to a $17B merger [https://dailymemphian.com/section/business/article/63372/caesars-entertainment-horshoe-casino-tunica-mississippi] * A long-vacant Holiday Inn and FedEx campus on Lamar gets a new owner [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/businessreal-estate/article/63364/former-holiday-inn-and-fedex-office-property] * A longtime Tonica staffer starts a new bakery [https://dailymemphian.com/subscriber/section/food/article/63402/memphis-downtown-bobs-bakery-inside-tonica-restaurant]