Strickland faces ‘worst budget year as mayor’
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland, seen here in April 2019, describes the first big budget of his second term in office as "tight." (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian file)
Speaking at the Frayser Exchange Club, Strickland also said the city will step up its efforts toward "opportunity youth" and talked of the coming of expanded pre-kindergarten that he described as "a whole new mindset" starting this fall.
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