Commissioners weigh moratorium on program at heart of Ford indictment
Edmund Ford Jr. attended part of the committee session Wednesday and voted for both Whaley’s resolutions. (The Daily Memphian file)
The grant program that allots each county commissioner $200,000 is at the heart of federal bribery and tax-evasion charges against Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr.
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