City Council rejects used-car lot on Elvis Presley Boulevard
“That owner has been given many opportunities to make corrections,” said Memphis City Council member Jamita Swearengen, as the council voted 0-12 to kill the used-car lot. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The council also discussed the riverfront’s Cobblestone Landing, a blight and illegal dumping task force and police escorts for Donald Trump’s Southaven speech.
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