Haushalter grilled by commissioners about Curtis Givens’ party
Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter (shown during a Nov. 9 press conference) said there will be changes to the current health directive because of a large party thrown by club owner Curtis Givens. “I’m just as disappointed as anyone that they were not shut down on Saturday,” Haushalter said Wednesday, Dec. 2. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Commissioners questioned the Health Department’s response to the tent party in Hickory Hill Saturday that drew hundreds of people. Shelby County Health Department Director Alisa Haushalter indicated there will probably be some changes but that there are limits on what her department can do. Later in the day there were some changes in that.
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