Political Roundup: Mayoral candidates discuss police director’s future at forum
Speaking at the mayoral forum at Bridges Wednesday, March 15, were (from left) candidates Joe Brown, Frank Colvett, J.W. Gibson and Michelle McKissack. (The Daily Memphian files)
Two contenders for Memphis mayor say they have already decided they will not keep Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis as Memphis Police director if they are elected.
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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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