McGowen appointment to lead MLGW disappears from council committee agenda
City chief operating officer Doug McGowen (right) is Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland’s choice to be the next president and CEO of Memphis Light Gas and Water Division. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
The change in agenda items for next week’s city council session reflects the ongoing tug-of-war over council chairman Martavius Jones’ demand for a national search to pick the new leader of the city-owned utility.
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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.
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