Political Roundup: Looking for votes in the heat
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris looks for votes at Poplar and Highland during the afternoon rush hour. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)
The roundup includes the contenders for county mayor clashing over PILOTs and other economic development incentives, reaction to the Roe v. Wade repeal and early-vote strategies.
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PILOT Lee Harris Worth Morgan Barretville General Store 2022 elections August 2022 election G.A. Hardaway Cary Vaughn Van Turner Stuart Breakstone Chris LareauBill Dries on demand
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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