There are 17 article(s) tagged car tags and license plate backlog:

• January 2023

  • Top 5 County Commission votes of 2022

    These five decisions in 2022 topped a review of the Shelby County Commission’s most crucial votes as chronicled by The Daily Memphian’s Commission Scorecard.

    By Bill Dries January 08, 2023

• December 2022

  • County Clerk’s new Riverdale office misses another opening deadline

    The new Shelby County Clerk’s office missed a second opening deadline of Dec. 1.

    By Bill Dries December 01, 2022

• October 2022

  • County Clerk misses Halloween office opening deadline

    County chief administrative officer Harold Collins says the office is fully equipped, but Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert says the office won’t open until early December, missing a deadline set by Shelby County commissioners. 

    By Bill Dries October 31, 2022

• September 2022

  • Halbert says ‘whistleblower’ status should make her immune to recall

    Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert reacts to talk of legislation lowering the number of signatures needed to force a recall election. She also continues to blame County Mayor Lee Harris’ administration for a backlog of license plates and tags that she says has been cleared up.

    By Bill Dries September 22, 2022

  • Harris cites new problems in county clerk’s office, urges extended hours

    “Unfortunately, over the course of the last several weeks there have been many reports of new operations and customer service issues at your offices,” the county mayor wrote in the memo to Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert. 

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    County Clerk’s office closes to public for second weeklong ‘blackout’

    By Bill Dries September 19, 2022

• August 2022

  • Commission narrowly rejects special counsel to investigate clerk’s office

    The move could have been a start toward ouster proceedings against Clerk Wanda Halbert.

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    Halbert calls attention to vacation ‘disrespectful’

    By Bill Dries August 30, 2022

  • State comptroller says no takeover of county clerk’s office

    The response from Comptroller Jason Mumpower is a response to a bipartisan resolution from the Shelby County Commission calling for state oversight of the county clerk’s office led by clerk Wanda Halbert. It also raises the possibility of some kind of local ouster effort

    By Bill Dries August 26, 2022

  • Sanford: Credibility expired — Halbert no longer capable of running clerk’s office

    “But at some point, every adult needs something from the county clerk. And what we need most now is efficiency — something Halbert promised when she ran for mayor in 2009 but is clearly incapable of delivering.”

    By Otis Sanford August 24, 2022

  • Comptroller’s office says closing county clerk’s office to public is ‘unusual’

    The Tennessee Comptroller’s office plans to meet with other state officials about assisting or providing oversight of the Shelby County Clerk’s office and its distribution of license plates and the renewal of car tags.

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    County Clerk’s office limits number of car title drops for auto dealers

    By Ian Round, Bill Dries August 18, 2022

  • Clerk’s office closing to the public for two weeks to ‘catch up on’ workload

    Wanda Halbert says the office will be closed to the public during these periods.

    By Bill Dries August 16, 2022

  • County commission seeks state oversight of county clerk’s office

    The resolution drew bipartisan support with four Democratic commissioners abstaining but none voting against the measure sponsored by two Republican commissioners.

    By Bill Dries August 09, 2022

• July 2022

  • County Clerk says license plate backlog cleared, blames Harris administration

    “In the four years that we have been here, something suddenly happened in May,” Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert said during a Thursday press conference. 

    By Bill Dries July 29, 2022

  • Car tag renewal lines move quickly on first day of new waiting system

    Lines at two locations of the Shelby County Clerk’s office moved briskly Tuesday afternoon, July 26, as employees implemented a new waiting system.

    By Shera Avi-Yonah July 26, 2022

  • County Clerk’s license plate backlog stands at 5,200

    The Shelby County Clerk’s office will implement a callback system beginning Tuesday, July 26, in an effort to eliminate the long lines of people waiting to renew auto license plates in person. 

    By Bill Dries July 25, 2022

  • County Commissioners give Halbert three weeks ‘to see results’ in car tag backlog

    Shelby County commissioners delayed taking a “no-confidence” vote on County Clerk Wanda Halbert until Aug. 8.

    By Bill Dries July 19, 2022

  • County Commission considers asking state to take over license plate distribution

    The move comes as the County Commission also considers a “no confidence vote” on Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

    By Bill Dries July 18, 2022

  • Auto dealers call for five-month drive-out tags

    The Greater Memphis Auto Dealer Association sent a letter Thursday, July 7, to Gov. Bill Lee pushing for a takeover of car tags, plates and titles from County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

    By Bill Dries July 07, 2022