The AM/DM podcast: Germantown mayor’s job could get bigger
Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo during a Board of Mayor and Aldermen Meeting at Germantown City Hall. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Germantown will soon ask its residents a big question: Should mayor become a full-time job?
Shelby County and the City of Memphis both have a strong mayor form of government. But most of Shelby County’s suburban municipalities have a part-time mayor — with the exception of Bartlett, which switched to a full-time mayor in the ’60s — and a Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
And this spring, Germantown residents will have the opportunity to vote on whether their mayor should also be full-time, while remaining their city administrator as well.
Today, Mary Cashiola and Collierville and Germantown reporter Abigail Warren talk all about it.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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