The University of Memphis is having a Presidential Watch, Debate and later Discuss tonight at the University of Memphis Rose Theatre from 7-10:30 p.m. for all students.

They ask for you to bring your cell phones and laptops to participate in polling before and after the debate.

Also, don't forget that the University of Memphis is having a student vote drive today on campus.

The University of Memphis is pushing to have 1,000 students register to vote. Deadline to register to vote is October 8.

Mayor A C Wharton is scheduled to receive special honors at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, the official opening day of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

Wharton will receive the Susan Burgess Memorial Award from the board of directors of the Democratic Municipal Officials. The award is given annually to “an outstanding Democratic Municipal Official committed to improving public education.”

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Any Lakeland resident who voted on Super Tuesday, should have received a pamphlet informing them of a vote on a referendum on May 10th to decide if Lakeland residents want to establish a Lakeland School System. The Lakeland Board of Commissioners are currently in the process of passing the resolution to hold the election. The actual wording to appear on the ballot is below.

Shall the City of Lakeland create a municipal school district that shall meet the standards of adequacy established by applicable State law and regulations, which standards include raising and spending each year the required amount of local fund for the operation of the municipal school district that, for calculation purposes only, would at least be equal to the amount that would be raised through a fifteen cents ($.15) tax levy on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of taxable property for each year all such taxes were collected?