There are 17 article(s) tagged City Court Clerk:

• September 2025

  • The political life and times of Myron Lowery

    Former Memphis City Council member Myron Lowery, who died Sunday, was also interim Memphis mayor and City Court Clerk during 40 years in the rough and tumble of local politics.

    By Bill Dries September 29, 2025

• September 2024

  • Questions that made it on the Nov. 5 ballot so far

    While Memphians might not vote on gun control, they will vote on runoffs for future mayor’s races, residency requirements for mayoral and City Council candidates and if the council can set its own pay.

    By Bill Dries September 04, 2024

• August 2023

  • City court clerk question will be on ballot; MLGW residency won’t

    The Memphis City Council voted down a ballot question that would have required MLGW employees to live within Shelby County. It gave final approval to a referendum on restoring the city court clerk as an elected office. 

    By Bill Dries August 22, 2023

  • City Council to take final votes on two more 2024 ballot questions

    The council has already approved two other charter referendums for the 2024 election year and has others waiting in the wings. If all are approved, it would make five ballot questions for Memphis voters next year.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2023

• June 2023

  • Council redistricting scrap overshadows end of city budget season

    The council ultimately approved a new set of district lines because of the closeness of October city elections. The council also took the race for City Court Clerk off the same ballot.

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    City Council drops property tax increase proposal

    By Bill Dries June 27, 2023

• May 2023

  • City Council Scorecard: Changing the city court clerk and tabling residency

    The council scorecard looks at two key votes at the May 16 council session, both on issues connected to the October Memphis ballot.

    By Bill Dries May 30, 2023

  • Myron Lowery stunned by council move to take clerk’s office off October ballot

    A year ago, council members spoke privately with their attorney about an issue in the city charter. The resulting step to change the clerk’s office only surfaced the day before Tuesday’s council session.

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    City Council isn’t taking a stand on residency in mayoral race

    By Bill Dries May 16, 2023

  • Memphis City Council members seek to end elected City Court Clerk’s office

    The ordinance to eliminate the elected clerk’s office and take it off the October ballot could come up for the first of three votes tomorrow.

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    Memphis City Council considers taking stand on mayor’s race

    By Bill Dries May 16, 2023

• January 2022

  • Council rejects Williams’ appointment as deputy city court clerk

    Calvin Williams lost much of his support for the appointment when he told council members his 2007 conviction on federal bribery charges was about his refusal to implicate Black elected officials. 

    By Bill Dries January 04, 2022

• December 2021

  • City Council Scorecard: Second chances

    The last council scorecard of 2021 looks at two decisions that will likely be on the first scorecard tracking critical city council votes in 2022.

    By Bill Dries December 29, 2021

  • Williams appointment in clerk’s office delayed again by council

    The delay by the city council came after Calvin Williams said he’s paid for his mistakes but insisted he never “mismanaged anything in government.”

    By Bill Dries December 21, 2021

  • Williams appointment as deputy city court clerk delayed by city council

    Council member Worth Morgan called for the delay Tuesday, citing Williams’ conviction and prison sentence for bribery and extortion. Meanwhile, another appointment to the airport authority is also on the council agenda in two weeks.

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    Council resurrects gas station project at Broad and Tillman

    By Bill Dries December 07, 2021

  • Lowery’s pick for deputy clerk previously convicted of bribery

    City Court Clerk Myron Lowery is seeking to appoint former Shelby County Commission administrator Calvin Williams, once convicted on federal bribery charges while county commission administrator, as one of his deputy clerks.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2021

• September 2019

  • DeGraffreed says city court clerk’s office should be appointed, not elected

    The chief deputy of the City Court Clerk’s office, who is running for the clerk’s position on the Oct. 3 Memphis ballot, doesn’t think the job should be an elected position.

    By Bill Dries September 22, 2019

  • Sanford: Will voters give well-qualified young clerk candidates a chance?

    The lesser known candidates for City Court clerk may not say it publicly, but there is resentment that Myron Lowery and Joe Brown hope voters choose familiarity over qualifications.

    By Otis Sanford September 12, 2019

  • Jones and Pool top bar association poll in two contested city court judge races

    More than 800 attorneys participated in the ranking of candidates as best qualified for the judicial races. In the race for city court clerk, the largest response to the field of nine contenders was "no opinion."

    By Bill Dries September 11, 2019

• March 2019

  • Brown to run for City Court clerk on October ballot

    Memphis City Council member Joe Brown is running for City Court clerk.

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2019