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U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty: Responding to your message


Dear Mr. MemphisTV,

Thank you for taking the time to contact me about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  I always appreciate hearing from Tennesseans, and I take your thoughts seriously.

The One Big Beautiful Bill is a historic step in restoring and protecting the American dream for generations to come; the dream to own a home; to raise a family; to have a good-paying job; to give our children a better life and future than the previous generation.  That is why I came to the Senate—to help leave Tennessee, and our nation, a better place for our children.

This legislation delivers the single largest tax cut in American history.  It provides unprecedented and permanent tax relief for small businesses.  It eliminates federal taxes on tips and overtime pay.  It lowers the tax burden for seniors on Social Security, while the child tax credit and standard deduction are increased.  These policies will drive economic growth and increase employment opportunities for working families.    

Our federal government must be a responsible steward of Americans’ hard-earned taxpayer dollars.  The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers a historic reduction in wasteful spending, and takes critical steps to preserve Medicaid for the most vulnerable while strengthening our rural hospitals.  We roll back failed, Biden-era Green New Deal subsidies.  We block taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood to protect the unborn.  We are getting working-age men and women back into the workforce.  Smart energy policy will unleash domestic energy production and lower costs for all Americans.

The legislation will make every American safer, too.  Unprecedented funding for border security will allow President Trump to finish the wall, secure our border, and give law enforcement the tools to remove criminal illegal aliens from our communities.  Further, it makes critical investments to ensure our military men and women have the tools they need to keep us safe.

This bill will usher in—as President Trump has called it—the Golden Age of America and deliver on his promise to Make America Great Again.  I am pleased that, together, we have delivered on the president’s promises and set the stage for the great American comeback.
Thank you again for writing.  I encourage you to continue following my efforts to serve all Tennesseans and to provide feedback.  Please accept my best wishes. 

                                                                         Sincerely,
                                                                    
                                                                         Bill Hagerty
                                                                         United States Senator
 

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Received: Nov. 13, 2025, 12:49 P.M.

[Editorial] The reasons why Memphis has bumpy roads on the street (July 21, 2025)

Do you know the real reasons why the city of Memphis has a lot of bumpy roads on the street?

It is not, basically or fundamentally, about economic, financial, or tax revenue issues.

At the core, it is about the LOW LEVEL OF DEMODRATIC SYSTEM including, but not limited to its culture & mentality in the local community. And it reflects the FAILURE OF THE RULE OF LAW here in Memphis and Shelby County, TN.

The Editorial of the Memphis Times.
www.memphistimes.org

Published: July 21, 2025, Monday (7/21/2025), at 10:04A.M.

[Editorial] In terms of dismissing the case of CT-4094-20

The case of CT-4094-20 was dismissed. It was extremely suspected that the case was dismissed, directly or/and indirectly, by the consequences of the crimes including, but not limited to litigation crime, interferences, deceptions, or/and misconducts, and so on.

The dismissal of the case MUST be investigated (in many ways).

The Editorial of the Memphis Times.
www.memphistimes.org

Published: June 17, 2025, Tuesday (6/17/2025), at 1:26P.M.

[Editorial] In case of CT-4094-20

The plaintiff of the case of CT-4094-20 visited his P.O.Box today on June 7, 2025, Saturday (6/7/2025). It was raining when he visited the post office. He cannot and could not visit his P.O.Box everyday until recently because he ended up being in bad situation of being homeless which was originated from the circumstances and their related horrible unceasing crime and constant deceptions since he became the victim of the car accident of CT-4094-20.

And such crime, deceptions, misconducts, or such things are suspected to occur even until recently in 2025. The car accident happened on Oct. 2019. One of the latest suspected crime or probable causes was the allegation/possibility/issue of the manipulated “receipt” which you(the readers) can read in other editorial in this website.

The plaintiff found two items in the P.O.Box. One was from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. And the other was the return receipt from IRS.

The letter of the former indicated that the court did not take the plaintiff’s side. That was the bottom line of the letter. In plain English, the plaintiff lost his case. The plaintiff was notified that he has sixty(60) days until he can appeal the “opinion”(the court decision) to Tennessee Supreme Court.

The plaintiff thinks that it will take much more than ten(10) years until the issues are clearly categorized, the related facts are found, or the truth is revealed. The plaintiff thinks that it is either impossible or almost impossible to establish “justice” in this case, especially while considering the realities of the judicial corruption or malfunction in Shelby County, TN.

It didn’t and doesn’t have to be this way, but the issues and the circumstances became too much complicated especially because and since the hybrid criminals including the white-collar criminals began to be involved in this case when the car accident happened.

The issues are not just about the car accident anymore. The issues ended up or happened to include such issues of “judicial crime or misconducts”, “law enforment crime or misconducts”, “crooked or even criminal lawyers”, “corrupt or even criminal judges”, “legal malpractice”, “medical malpractice, “corrupt insurance industry or criminal insurance companies”, “bad laws or ineffective ones”, “corrupt or malfunctioning lesgislation in Tennessee”, and so on.

The issues really reflect, or can reflect or reveal “American cancers” in this society.

And the plaintiff would like to say or emphasize that this indescribable ordeal can happen to anyone in the city of Memphis or in Shelby County, TN, or in the United States if and when someone happens to have an unlucky day on the street just as the plaintiff had.

The plaintiff knows that you are not going to go to the criminals or suspects. However, the criminals or suspects will come to you. And they will destroy your life whatever your life was.

That is the HEINOUS(emphasis added) element of this case whose case number is CT-4094-20.

[The Editor’s note: All of the allegations/possibilities/issues are not proved in the court of law yet. Therefore, they are just allegations/possibilities/issues as of June 7, 2025.

It is said that the presumption of innocence is a fundamental principle in the U.S. legal system stating that every person accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. This means the prosecution has the burden of proving each element of the crime, and the defendant does not need to prove their innocence.]

The Editorial of the Memphis Times.
www.memphistimes.org

Published: June 7, 2025, Saturday (6/7/2025), at 7:57P.M.

[Editorial] About Wagner Being Confirmed As Tennessee Supreme Court Justice

Judge Mary L. Wagner is currently a circuit court judge for Shelby County whose jurisdiction covers the city of Memphis.

According to the linked news, Ms. Wagner was appointed by Governor Bill Lee in February, 2024. And she was officially confirmed March 11 by the General Assembly as the newest justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Governor Bill Lee appears to have made the serious mistake for the appointment. And the General Assembly failed to fix the error during the confirmation process.

This appointment and confirmation is really wrong. Time will or may show why Wagner is not suitable for the job. Wagner is disqualified for any judgeship. She is not qualified not only for the bench of Tennessee Supreme Court but also as the judge for the circuit court of Shelby County in Tennessee.

Criminal investigatoins should be performed about the previous cases which Wagner handled or dealt with.

The Editorial of the Memphis Times
www.memphistimes.org

Published: March 15, 2024, Friday, at 1:07AM

[Related Content] Wagner Confirmed As Tennessee Supreme Court Justice (March 12, 2024)

[Case] The State of Tennessee vs. DEMETRIUS HALEY

Case Number: C2300402

Active Attorneys:
Lead Attorney
STENGEL, MICHAEL JAMES Retained

Court: Shelby County Criminal Court, Division III

Judicial Officer: Jonesjr, James

File Date: 01/26/2023

Charges:

SECOND DEGREE MURDER (Statue: 39-13-210)

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT-ACT IN CONCERT (Statue: 39-13-102

AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING (Statue: 39-13-304

AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING (Statue: 39-13-304

OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT (Statue: 39-16-402

OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT (Statue: 39-16-402

OFFICIAL OPPRESSION (Statue: 39-16-403)

[News] About the Litigation of the Tyre Nichols’ Case

The Times tried to check the current or latest status of Mr. Tyre Nichols’ case in the federal court on March 6, 2024. (The State case is different from this Federal case.)

The civil complaint was filed on April 19, 2023. And until today on March 6, 2024, the total of 161 documents were filed in the docket of the court.

This is a civil action. The jury trial has been set on January 27, 2025, Monday, at 09:30 AM in Courtroom 4, in Memphis, Tennessee before Judge Mark S. Norris according to the court docket.

The City of Memphis and Memphis police chief, Ms. Cerelyn Davis filed the motion to dismiss on July 7, 2023, while arguing in the memorandum in support of the motion, “The primary question that this suit presents, however, is whether the City should be civilly liable for Mr. Nichols’s death under 42 U.S.C. § 1983” and “Although this situation is tragic, the answer is no.” (from the page 2 of the memorandum.)

Plaintiff filed, on August 14, 2023, the “PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS.”

And the City of Memphis and Chief Cerelyn Davis filed, on August 14, 2023, “REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS, CHIEF CERELYN DAVIS……”

Defendant Haley filed his initial disclosures on October 17, 2023.

By the way, the federal criminal trial is scheduled for September 9, 2024.

And defendent Desmond Mills, Jr.’s plea agreement in the Federal Criminal proceedings has been accepted.

These are the basic information of the case as below.

Court:
U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee (Memphis)

Case Number:
2:23-cv-02224-MSN-atc

Plaintiff v. Defendants:
Wells v. CITY OF MEMPHIS et al

Judges:
Mark S. Norris, presiding
Annie T. Christoff, referral

Date filed: 04/19/2023
Date of last filing: 03/01/2024

Cause: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

Plaintiff:
RowVaughn Wells
(Individually and as Administratrix Ad Litem of the Estate of Tyre Deandre Nichols, deceased.)

represented by:

Antonio Romanucci (ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN, LLC)

Bhavani Raveendran (ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN, LLC)

Brooke Cluse (BEN CRUMP LAW, PLLC)

Bryce Thomas Hensley (STINAR GOULD GRIECO & HENSLEY, PLLC IL) (TERMINATED: 01/25/2024)

Sarah M. Raisch (ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN, LLC)

David Louis Mendelson , I (MENDELSON LAW FIRM)


Defendant:

CITY OF MEMPHIS (a municipality)

represented by:

Bruce McMullen (BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C.)

Freeman B. Foster (BAKER DONELSON)

Jennie Vee Silk (BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC)

Defendant:
Chief Cerelyn Davis (in her official capacity)

represented by:

Bruce McMullen

Freeman B. Foster

Jennie Vee Silk


Defendant:

Emmitt Martin, III

represented by:

Florence M. Johnson (JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, PLLC)


Defendant:

Officer Demetrius Haley (in his individual capacity)

represented by:

Stephen R. Leffler (LAW OFFICE OF STEPHEN R. LEFFLER, P.C.)

Defendant:

Justin Smith (in his individual capacity)

represented by:

Martin W. Zummach (SPARKMAN ZUMMACH, P.C.)


Defendant:

Desmond Mills, Jr. (in his individual capacity)

represented by:

Clyde W. Keenan (KEENAN LAW & CONSULTING)

Defendant:

Tadarrius Bean (in his individual capacity)

represented by:

John Keith Perry , Jr. (PERRY GRIFFIN, PC)


Defendant:

Preston Hemphill (in his individual capacity)

represented by:

Deborah E. Godwin (GODWIN MORRIS LAURENZI & BLOOMFIELD, P.C.)

Mary Elizabeth McKinney (GODWIN MORRIS LAURENZI & BLOOMFIELD, P.C.)

Defendant:

Robert Long (in his individual capacity)

represented by:

Darrell J. O’Neal (LAW OFFICE OF DARRELL J. O’NEAL)

Defendant:

JaMichael Sandridge (in his individual capacity)

represented by:

Laura Elizabeth Smittick (SMITTICK LAW FIRM)

Defendant:

Michelle Whitaker (in her individual capacity)

represented by:

Robert L. J. Spence , Jr (ROBERT L. J. SPENCE, JR.)

Andrew Mark Horvath (MORGAN & MORGAN – MEMPHIS, LLC) (TERMINATED: 11/15/2023)

Jarrett Michael Dean Spence (SPENCE PARTNERS)

Defendant:

DeWayne Smith (in his individual capacity and as an agent of the City of Memphis)

represented by:

Deborah E. Godwin

Mary Elizabeth McKinney


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Published: March 6, 2024, Wednesday, at 12:43AM.