County Commission braces for another budget battle
“There is always going to be that one person who is going to bring the motion to put everything in one sweep,” Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. said. “There’s too many quiet people up here as if they already know what they are going to do with the budget. I think it’s already been fixed.” (The Daily Memphian files)
Shelby County commissioners drew battle lines at their Monday, May 19, session as they go into the home stretch of their budget season.
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