City lobbying disclosure voted down by City Council
A proposal, by Chase Carlisle, to require lobbyists to register with the city of Memphis was voted down by the council, Tuesday, Dec. 1. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The measure by council member Chase Carlisle was one vote short of the seven needed. It failed after a council debate that included one council member remembering his own brush with corruption charges. Others argued the proposal was arbitrary and cumbersome.
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