Health Department panel recommended Harris pass on Taylor as new director
Dr. Michelle Taylor, Mayor Lee Harris’s pick for Shelby County Health Department director speaks with a reporter on Monday, July 19, 2021 Vasco A. Smith Jr. County Administration Building. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The nomination of Dr. Michelle Taylor as the new Shelby County Health Department director drew fire Wednesday, July 21, with distribution of a May memo to Mayor Lee Harris that said a search panel recommended not picking Taylor and continuing the search.
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