Conaway: If you want to help, then help
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Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
This city already pays less for light, gas and water than any other in Tennessee, and less than most cities in the country. If we really want to help the poor with their utilities, there are subsidies, sliding scales and credits.
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