{"id":25973,"date":"2022-08-05T10:12:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25973"},"modified":"2022-08-05T10:12:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T15:12:48","slug":"friday-update-225","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/05\/friday-update-225\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Shelby County election of 2020 is in the record books. The big results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Challenger Steve Mulroy defeated incumbent Amy Weirich in the District Attorney General race<\/li>\n<li>County Mayor Lee Harris beat Republican challenger Worth Morgan to secure a second term<\/li>\n<li>Voters said no to a proposal that would have extended term limits, allowing the mayor of Memphis and City Council members to run for a third term<\/li>\n<li>County Clerk Wanda Halbert, whose office has had so much trouble mailing out license plates in a timely manner, won another term<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Got a couple of pieces of news about partnerships Downtown groceries have formed to bring yumminess to their grab &amp; go cases. South Point Grocery now carries salads by local company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stclair.com\/\">St. Clair Foods<\/a>. Check out St. Clair&#8217;s complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stclair.com\/foodservice-products\">list<\/a> of potato, chicken, and pasta salads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rawgirls_memphis_inc\/\">RAWGIRLS<\/a>, the healthy-lifestyle restaurant on Second, has reached a deal to stock the cold case at Cordelia&#8217;s Market with their soups, salads, and pastas.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, and I recommended a trip to Beale Street for Insomnia Cookies. Turns out they&#8217;ll celebrate the day all weekend long. Get a free Classic Chocolate Chunk Cookie with any in-store purchase or any $6 or more online purchase (must add the free cookie to cart online). You can substitute a free vegan or VGF (vegan\/gluten-free) chocolate chunk cookie if that&#8217;s your preference.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/afcdd60019f02b22c0216030268ee648\/international-beer-day\">International Beer Day<\/a> and I recommend you celebrate it with the very best beer in the world. I am speaking, of course, about Pabst Blue Ribbon.<\/p>\n<p>If you park monthly at Premier Parking, check your bank statement. There&#8217;s a Nextdoor thread where multiple people reported incorrect extra charges.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/wbcqfestival.com\/\">Whiskey, Bourbon, Cigar, and BBQ Festival<\/a> on Beale Street November 18-19.<\/p>\n<p>The Brass Door will show Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace today at 2 as Premier League kicks off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/415255567195466\/\">Malaika&#8217;s &#8220;Wild Flower&#8221; release party<\/a> happens tonight from 7-9 at South Main Sounds at 550 S. Main. Special guests\u00a0Polly Carpenter, Priya Vani, Hasitha Ramanathan, and Walker Campbell will join.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the news for today. Glad to see some rain moving through. Back tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/storage.ko-fi.com\/cdn\/widget\/Widget_2.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Tip Jar', '#29abe0', 'B0B57GDFG');kofiwidget2.draw();<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shelby County election of 2020 is in the record books. The big results: Challenger Steve Mulroy defeated incumbent Amy Weirich in the District Attorney General race County Mayor Lee Harris beat Republican challenger Worth Morgan to secure a second term Voters said no to a proposal that would have extended term limits, allowing the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/05\/friday-update-225\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Friday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25973"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25974,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25973\/revisions\/25974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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