There are 37 article(s) tagged Edmund Ford Sr.:

• August 2021

  • Consolidation questions, doubts linger on council

    The earliest the City Council could vote on setting up a charter commission is its Sept. 7 meeting. 

    By Bill Dries August 17, 2021

• July 2021

  • Army Corps gives permit for Tom Lee Park redesign to begin

    The long awaited permit clears the way for the park’s redesign to begin moving dirt and creating new features in Tom Lee Park after a three-year planning process that has seen the plans change over time. 

    By Bill Dries July 21, 2021

• April 2021

  • April 23 Byhalia Connection pipeline hearing delayed

    Plans to build a 49-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from southwest Memphis to another pipeline at a connecting point near Byhalia, Mississippi, have run into delays on a couple of different fronts.

    By Blake Fontenay April 21, 2021

• February 2021

  • Opinion: It’s big oil vs. defiant communities in major environmental dispute

    In this fight, Black people and white people are on the same side. So are local politicians who don’t always agree on matters of public policy.

    By Otis Sanford February 18, 2021

  • Sale of two lots on Weaver Road for Byhalia Connection pipeline delayed

    The delay by the Shelby County Commission also shows there may be a rift between commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and his father, City Council member Edmund Ford Sr., on the issue.

    By Bill Dries February 08, 2021

• December 2020

  • City lobbying disclosure voted down by City Council

    The measure by council member Chase Carlisle was one vote short of the seven needed. It failed after a council debate that included one council member remembering his own brush with corruption charges. Others argued the proposal was arbitrary and cumbersome.

    By Bill Dries December 02, 2020

  • Decorum guide gets modest tweaking as council discovers limits of disciplining one of its own

    Council Chairwoman Patrice Robinson said council members who behave badly, as council member Edmund Ford Sr. did two weeks ago, can’t be removed or suspended. And restoring order is “a question of judgment” by the chairperson.

    By Bill Dries December 01, 2020

  • Council ethics complaint against Ford to be dropped

    The outburst by City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. two weeks ago still raises questions about how to apply rules of conduct to elected council members. And it’s a discussion past councils have had about Ford and others on the body.

    By Bill Dries December 01, 2020

• November 2020

  • Smiley files ethics complaint over Ford outburst at council meeting

    Council member JB Smiley is also seeking a change in council rules that would allow the chairman of the body to bar a council member who does what Ford did twice during Tuesday’s council meetings.

    By Bill Dries November 19, 2020

  • Frank Colvett elected City Council chairman, followed by heated discussion

    Frank Colvett won election as City Council chairman Tuesday over Martavius Jones. But Colvett’s selection did not come without some controversy. 

    By Bill Dries November 17, 2020

• April 2020

  • Fight over Shelby County budget deteriorates into name-calling

    Differences from years ago between Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. and County Mayor Lee Harris have carried over into the county's 2021 budget talks.

    By Linda A. Moore April 29, 2020

• November 2018

  • Interest high in two Memphis City Council vacancies

    Former Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. is among six applicants for the District 6 seat held by his son Edmund Ford Jr.

    By Bill Dries November 28, 2018