There are 5 article(s) tagged A C Wharton:

• November 2020

  • Tommy Pacello’s legacy lives in corners, city blocks he improved

    Founder of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative saw huge potential in the bustling swath of land that is home to six hospitals, two colleges.

    Related story: Calkins: Tommy Pacello was given a year to live — and he lived like all of us should

    By Jane Roberts November 17, 2020

• January 2020

  • Bobby Lanier remembered as public servant during celebration of life

    Bobby Lanier, former Germantown alderman and executive assistant to multiple Shelby County mayors was remembered as a friend to many and a public servant. His life and legacy was honored and remembered Saturday afternoon.

    By Abigail Warren January 04, 2020

• December 2019

  • Register of Deeds will get funds to manage records

    Nearly two months after Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford threatened to stop overseeing the management of documents for other elected officials, she left the County Commission meeting Monday, Dec. 9, with the money she said she needed.

    By Linda A. Moore December 09, 2019

• June 2019

  • Sanford: Vote for a mayor who can handle a crisis

    As former Memphis mayors Dick Hackett and A C Wharton can attest, the top city job requires political skill in the face of bad news or calamity.

    By Otis Sanford June 27, 2019

  • Nelson: Don’t sell Memphians short when it comes to cross-racial voting

    Our history of cross-racial voting calls into question whether Memphis might not be ripe for a redistricting of city council and county commission districts that intentionally makes them racially diverse instead of solidly black or solidly white.

    By Michael Nelson June 04, 2019