Council redistricting scrap overshadows end of city budget season
“It has to be race neutral — only counting human beings, not what color they are,” Memphis City Council attorney Allan Wade said about redistricting. “Anything else has to go to federal court.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The council ultimately approved a new set of district lines because of the closeness of October city elections. The council also took the race for City Court Clerk off the same ballot.
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