Mental health center, pay raises move forward at County Commission, but not without friction
“This conversation is biased,” said Britney Thornton, who was one of three commissioners to vote against the contract with A2H Inc. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Commissioners approved a design contract for the proposed mental health center on a second vote. The commission also redistributed the 6% pay raise budgeted in June.
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Shelby County Commission county pay raises Erika Sugarmon Britney Thornton Michael Whaley Charlie Caswell Mental Health Safety and Justice CenterBill Dries on demand
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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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