Lowery: ‘Collaboration’ with state, not intervention or takeover
Mickell Lowery at the Shelby County Mayoral Forum at the Great Hall in Germantown. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian file)
Democratic nominee for County Mayor Mickell Lowery talked about state intervention, his vote to raise county property taxes and tax breaks as economic development incentives on “Behind The Headlines.”
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