Standoff over next MLGW CEO could be settled Tuesday
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 butCouncil Chairman Martavius Jones is calling for a national search. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Mayor Jim Strickland has nominated Doug McGowen to lead the city-owned utility. But council chair Martavius Jones wants the city to do a national search for the next president and CEO of MLGW.
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