Too close to election for a tax hike, Tami Sawyer says
“We are a year out from primary elections,” said county commissioner Tami Sawyer, seen here in 2019. “No one who is running for any office in Memphis and Shelby County is raising taxes this year. It’s not even a conversation like it was last year.” (Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County commissioner Tami Sawyer says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast she backs a quick budget passage next month and a second look at the budget in the fall once federal American Rescue Plan funding is in play.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.