Opinion: Ford’s handling of Junior Achievement grant reminiscent of past scandals

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 21, 2021 9:32 PM CT | Published: March 18, 2021 4:00 AM CT
Otis Sanford
Daily Memphian

Otis Sanford

Otis Sanford holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and is the political analyst and commentator for WATN ABC24 News. Contact him at 901-678-3669 or at o.sanford@memphis.edu. Follow him on Twitter @otissanford.

An independent investigation by attorney Brian Faughnan flatly accuses Ford of deliberately deceiving his fellow commissioners by failing to disclose to them his obvious conflict of interest. To call Faughnan’s report damning is an understatement. 

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Edmund Ford Jr. Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South Brian Faughnan Leigh Mansberg Amy Weirich

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