County ethics proposals could face ‘can of Raid’ and ‘house shoes’
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., in his first comments on the ethics proposals, said he intends to bring complaints against Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris that were dismissed after review by an appointed ethics counsel. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Two ethics proposals return to the Shelby County Commission Monday. County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr., who faces criminal charges himself, is accusing others of wrongdoing.
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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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