Council chairman, Commission member urge ‘No’ vote on sales tax referendum
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Kemp Conrad
Kemp Conrad served eleven years on the city council, including serving as chairman in 2016 and 2019. He is a principal at Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors.
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Edmund Ford Jr.
Edmund Ford Jr. represents District 9 on the Shelby County Board of Commissioners. Currently he serves as vice chairman of the County Commission budget committee.
'A sales tax increase (would) return our pension and healthcare benefits to a plan that only five years ago found Memphis on the precipice of fiscal ruin.'
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