Young: ‘Turn down the drama and the foolishness’
Memphis Mayor Paul Young speaks during a New Year's Day Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Mayor Paul Young marked the first year of his four-year term as mayor at a New Year’s Day prayer breakfast where he talked about “turmoil” in schools and other “drama” locally.
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