Alternatives to 75-cent property-tax hike kicked around at town hall
City Council members (from left) Pearl Walker, Ford Canale, Jana Swearengen-Washington and JB Smiley Jr. attend the town hall at New Salem Baptist Church Thursday, May 16. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
City Council members talked Thursday, May 16, about at least whittling down the tax hike proposed by Mayor Paul Young, with discussing other revenue sources, during a town hall forum at New Salem Baptist Church in South Memphis.
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