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OK, it's a start, but I don't hear any "tax fairness" involved, although, that's what you are proposing in essence. Places such as inner city, that need a magnetizing reason for people, an attraction, could use fairer taxes, and also, MLGW could make the rates in areas that "already paid for their piece of the pipe and wire" lower in exact accordance with what the costs are, instead of penalizing people who live there by making them pay for outlying areas infrastructure which SHOULD have been taken care of by the developers.

 So, yeah, great idea. 

"Fairness", an idea who's time has come. Again.

 Maybe we could get rid of multistory buildings that are falling apart in inner city areas, because, they attract crackheads, bums, drugdealers, and sex offenders.  There is a nationally available map for crime and Memphis doesn't look as good on it as it does on locally supplied crime maps, (which are a whitewashing).

 Maybe we could put up TRUE energy efficient buildings on sites of vacant lots and empty foreclosed properties instead of giving them to slumlords. It's not THAT hard, it's simpler and less costly than what we do today.

 We need and could put in properties that use "passive heating and cooling assisted systems" in addition to "wind powered electricity generators and storage banks", "solar electric collection and hot water systems", maybe these could be made by local citizens.

This would give new parents an edge on saving money for college and retirees lower costs for fixed incomes. I don't see MLGW redistributing the wealth to those who need it, instead they steal it and line their own pockets with it.

Maybe we could put parks, garden spots, and playgrounds on vacant lots too, not more basketball goals for truants and drug dealers to inhabit all day, but, for stay at home parents and elderly gardeners.

We could also have generic satellite offices for businesses in neighborhoods for jobs that do not require huge office buildings, walk or bike to work.

 Citizens who pay taxes are OWED quality city services, not corruption and it's aftereffects.

This is doable, but, it's against the tide of entrenched local council, commission, and appointees who get money from developers and other shady deals and will be a fight that may escalate into a real live war in Memphis.

 We'll win anyway, but, there may be a fight. These scumbags threaten, intimidate, and sometimes execute, so, be prepared to do what you have to to win, do not capitulate to their threats. Hit back harder.