Analysis: A printer breaks gridlock? And other budget-season takeaways
Memphis Mayor Paul Young, Memphis City council members Janika White and Edmund Ford, Sr., Memphis interim chief financial officer Walter Person and interim chief operating officer Antonio Adams huddle Tuesday ahead of a vote on the city’s budget. (Samuel Hardiman/The Daily Memphian)
The printer stopped working at Memphis City Hall late Tuesday afternoon.
Council staff couldn’t print the ever-evolving resolutions that composed the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget. Without a working printer, the Memphis City Council ground to a halt.
And that electronic mishap gave the Council and Mayor Paul Young’s administration minutes that broke weeks of gridlock.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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