Johnson campaigns for council on suspicions about development boom
Memphis City Council candidate Frank Johnson (left) and Friends of the Earth volunteer Terri Conley dance to the music at a Friends of the Earth rally June 29, 2019. Johnson, who is running for Super District 8-2, is suggesting the city invest in home modernization projects for existing homeowners. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Memphis City Council contender Frank Johnson is connecting with some supporters with his concerns about gentrification and displacement as parts of the city prosper and other parts don't.
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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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