Memphis gun-control questions can go on the ballot. For now.
Allan Wade, the Memphis City Council’s attorney, successfully argued the case before Shelby County Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson. (The Daily Memphian file)
Allan Wade, the council’s attorney, successfully argued that the constitutionality of the ballot measure did not matter until the people voted on it.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives in Midtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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