There are 6 article(s) tagged Joe Brown:

• September 2019

  • Early voting in city elections picks up pace

    The numbers for early voting in the Oct. 3 Memphis elections show Friday's total was the first this year that exceeded the same day four years ago.

    By Bill Dries September 23, 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

• 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

• February 2019

  • Council rules change draft ruffles feathers anew

    Memphis City Council members are reviewing changes to their rules after the two-month stalemate in filling three open council seats. And some of the proposed changes are prompting renewed debate.

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2019

• December 2018

  • City Council gives quorum call another try Tuesday

    Within minutes of each other and just a few yards apart at City Hall last week, council members Joe Brown and Berlin Boyd each told reporters the vacant and hotly contested council District 1 seat is “the people’s seat.”

    By Bill Dries December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • City Council's District 1 deadlock spawns theories

    The Memphis City Council’s deadlock over filling a vacancy on the body began to read like a political whodunit, even while the council was in the process Tuesday of taking more than 100 votes on the appointment. The usual suspects of race, political power and political deals were all mentioned and hinted at during the standoff between council members backing Raleigh Community Development Corp. executive director Rhonda Logan and Flinn Broadcasting sales manager Lonnie Treadaway.

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2018