"This is our moment.  This is our time."

Mayor Wharton set out his message of hope, urgency, and unity with his 2012 State of the City address announcing his bold 100 Days Agenda.

As part of that agenda, he met with President Obama about a continued partnership with the White House's Strong Cities program; announced a new program to increase business with minority and women-owned companies; began the latest chapter in his crackdown on blight; started an anti-homeless program; began an outside review of Memphis Police Department; started a new hotline for citizens to report fraud in city government; transformed WIN's job training, and kicked off a five-year strategic fiscal plan. 

Nothing is more important than putting City of Memphis on sound financial footing and to making sure every dollar in taxes is wisely spent. Mayor Wharton has proposed a bridge budget that will pay the $68 million obligation to schools with a one-year tax increase.  The court-ordered funding for schools was on Mayor Wharton's desk when he took office, but in resolving this controversy, he paves the way for a decrease in the property tax rate in 2013.

To read his budget speech, click here.

Join us in supporting Mayor Wharton's agenda for the future. This is Memphis' moment and Mayor Wharton is the leader who will take us our destiny as a city of choice.