There are 4 article(s) tagged Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon:

• July 2024

  • Guest Column: A call for historical reckoning and respect

    “We must confront and address the legacies of slavery embedded in our surroundings, not just for the sake of the past, but for the integrity of our future.”

    By Erika Sugarmon July 23, 2024

• May 2024

  • Support for Wanda Halbert’s raise requests vanishes with legal move to oust her

    Two resolutions to fund the clerk’s office, including a pay raise, were withdrawn from the County Commission’s agenda Monday, May 6, without comment. 

    By Bill Dries May 07, 2024

• February 2024

  • County needs to consider new, $500 million jail, sheriff says

    Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. knows the area has a lot of needs, but he says 201 Poplar is showing its age — and Shelby County should start thinking about a new jail. 

    By Julia Baker February 19, 2024

• October 2022

  • Mulroy: Report of voters steered away from paper ballots ‘concerns us’

    The new hybrid voting system allows hand-marked paper ballots or voting on a touch-screen machine. Mulroy expressed concern that the Shelby County Election Commission was not following through on its compromise to use both voting systems. 

    By Julia Baker October 29, 2022