Letter to the Editor: Area E resident ready to toss city trash service
On old couch awaited pickup on the curb in Cordova, March 23, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
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Regarding Memphis solid waste collection, a letter writer says she would drop city services ‘like a hot potato' if other options for garbage pickup were available for citizens in Cordova.
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