This is just another example of the city trying to get more revenue. I can promise you this, if this ordinance passes, any monies that I may have spent inside the city will cease. The city council forgets that those of us who work here, buy gas, go to stores on our lunches, and eat meals inside of the city limits.

" paying your fair share " what does that mean ? i think the responsible hard working people in society already pay more than their fair share. i think think the question should be " when are the deadbeats going to be limited on how much they can take from hard working indiviuals ? " this is a major problem when it comes to " government operating budgets ". if lets just say a young memphis female has 5 kids - no job - and no accountable father for any of her bastar* children, but at the end of the month gets paid by us ( decent people ) from what the " government " takes from us ( you know "our" fair share i.e. taxes ) when do WE get to say enough is enough ?

Your questions have already been answered, stop. Older vehicles naturally go by the wayside. Numerous states and municipalities have shut down vehicle inspections as being impractical. State law already allows police to cite unsafe vehicles. The air? It's as clean as I need it to be. This is just another revenue stream, nothing more.

If the City of Memphis wants to charge people who work in Memphis,but live outside of Memphis; then they should check the current employment records and not the tag numbers. It's not fair to people who have to go through Memphis to get to their destination.

The question is not who should pay inspection fees, but why should anyone pay inspection fees? Does it make the roads safer? The air cleaner? Why not do a study to find out? If the findings are that indeed the roads are safer and the air is cleaner, everyone who uses those roads on a regular basis should pay it. If the findings are that the roads are no safer and the air is no cleaner, then no one should have to pay for vehicle inspections. If one does not regularly come to inner Shelby County (Memphis), this issue does not concern you. It does not even matter if you move clean out of Shelby County, the State of Tennessee, the USA or the world for that matter. However, if you benefit by using the services, i.e. roads, police protection, or any of the other amenities; please stop being a freeloader and pay your fare share to keep the pathway to your job or fun clear and clean. Some people just want something for nothing.

Unfortunately, 'logical', you can't kill that which is already (essentially) dead......

First you tell employees where they can and can not live. Then you dissolve the Board of Education but you want to run the new one. What's next, you coing to dictate what color my car should be? It is a money grab you ediot. If this happens I will not spend a single penny inside the city limits during my 2 days of visiting. How about this, I think if you live in the city and decide to pass through the county, you can deposit 50 cents into one of our toll roads. You see, we too worry about our clean air. All in favor say AAAhhhhh.

This would be a nail in Memphis's coffin.They cant even run the schools with dividing this town.

That boy, ford, belongs in a nursing home.....what an idiot,if it wasn't for the brain-power from the workers commuting from Desoto & Tipton County Memphis woulod die slowly on the vine....WORD!

Here's a solution to the Fords and other politicians who want to just keep taking and taking. I propose that ANYONE and EVERYONE affected by this "proposed" inspection, simply say NO! They can not arrest the entire tri-state area. Sometimes it takes a revolution to solve the tyrannic acts of a government. The United States of America is not currently the colonies of Britian for the exact type of "taxation without representation". Edmund Ford represents ONE person, HIMSELF. So again I say, EVERYONE, stand together and refuse to accept this and any other outrageous tax or fee these corrupt Memphis politicians try to impose. WE must impose our will, or they impose theirs upon us. Stand as one and refuse to bend!!!