City Council delays state violence-intervention funding to ensure coordinated effort
Memphis City Council Chairman JB Smiley Jr., seen here in July, said he has been talking with others about taking blight cases to Chancery Court instead of the environmental court division. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis City Council members expressed support for the violence-intervention funding but delayed a vote. The council also discussed ways to overcome the stalled fight against blight.
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