NEW! Main Street Journal: Mick Wright looks at the two major factions of the tea party movement in Shelby County.

Reappraisals: A comparison of the values of the area’s major malls from the Daily News.

Beale Street: They are as close to capacity as they’ve ever been!

Downtown: The Center City Development Corporation will vote on two retail forgivable loans today. The Big River Engineering and Manufacturing building will be open tomorrow to showcase their LEED Silver certification. PETA had an “almost” nude protest.

Consolidation: The Metro Charter Commission tentatively identifies the County Sheriff as the top metro law enforcement officer.

AutoZone Liberty Bowl: The 52nd annual game will move back to New Year’s Eve, a Friday afternoon. The teams are the University of Arkansas and East Carolina University.

Shelby County Government: The Clerk’s office reports one million dollars in bad checks have been passed to the County. A bill being considered in the Legislature would offer foreclosure mediation to troubled homeowners.

St Jude Children’s Research Hospital: The annual ROCK103 Ronald McDonald House Telethon raised over $300,000.

Tennessee: A statue honoring former governor Ned McWherter will be unveiled later this year. Federal stimulus spending is mostly done now, and most jobs have already been created.

Memphis Animal Shelter: Suspended employee Ivan Russell is bragging on his Facebook page about living it up while suspended!

Transportation: Two big seminars on cargo transportation in the area are coming to Memphis next week.

Delta Air Lines: They are curtailing jobs and operations at their Cincinnati hub. Slightly related news about the FAA Reauthorization Bill.

Business: Wal-Mart is expanding its bank-like MoneyCenters. Mapco is replacing its Grille Marx with Quizno’s. Elvis Presley Enterprises saw a one-third increase in revenues from licensing and royalties; more in the Commercial Appeal. Nucor is projecting a good 1Q.

A business profile of Total Control Logistics, a New Business of the Year winner of the Memphis Black Business Association, from Fox13.

From the Daily News, People in business. Also People in Business with What to Do, from the CA.

Morgan Keegan: They are combining their equity capital markets and fixed income capital markets departments into a single division of investment banking.

Better Business Bureau: They are partnering with Census 2010 to boost participation.
 

The University of Memphis: A report from the Daily Helmsman on the grand opening of the University Center.

DeSoto County: A law enforcement tactical training site is causing consternation among its proposed neighbors. Federal stimulus funds are going into businesses, not just roads. The Board of Supervisors has handed down responsibility for flooding on Steve Fogelsong’s property to the City of Hernando. (previous stories via the DeSoto Times Tribune) Preparing for an earthquake in … Southaven. The Olive Branch Board of Aldermen votes against annexing the Lewisburg area.

Egotistical Whining: Repeating dreamscapes.

Fertile Ground: She’s giving away a business idea: gobstopper pants.

Left Wing Cracker: He’s challenging the Democrats running for governor to court his vote.

Bigger Than Your Head: Ahhh … our civilised respite thanks to the wine of the week.

Brain Release Valve: The details are scant, but apparently he’s now an adult. That’s AD-ult. Also, a little bit of Japanese high weirdness for you. Safe for work, but not for your mind.

Downtown Memphis Blog: Several random pics from Downtown, Sunday.

Mediaverse: He wonders why the “baby falling down the 11 story trash chute” story got so much uncritical media coverage?

Memphis Lagniappe: The picture you won’t see in the Memphis news: the “nearly nude” PETA protest downtown. Don’t worry, it’s work safe.

Midtown Stomp: Only an upcoming evening of wine-tasting and theater will get him out to the suburbs.

Commercial Appeal: They lay the responsibility for the shooting of Malcolm Shaw squarely on Bartlett police. Siding with the City Council when it comes to creating and setting salaries for City employees.

Geoff Calkins: He goes looking for the ten people who wanted Joe Ford to run for County mayor. (via the Commercial Appeal)

John D. Lovelace: He touts Early Head Start in Shelby County. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Jackson: The tea party movement must decide what it wants to do next. This is Sunshine Week, reminding citizens that open, transparent government is essential for good government.

John Branston: He runs through all the issues in consolidation and compares them to facts from Louisville’ and Indianapolis’ experiences. (via the Flyer)