County Commission weighs changes to embattled grant program
The February indictment of Shelby County Commissioner Edward Ford Jr. has been the backdrop for the Board of Commissioners’ discussion about possibly changing its grants process. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
County Commissioner Britney Thornton said Wednesday the allegations against Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. shouldn’t be considered in deciding what, if any, changes should be made to the body’s grant program.
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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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