As City Council debates firefighter raise, one member compares it to rape
“It’s the same players and it’s the same gatekeepers that come here asking for money from a poor city,” Memphis City Council member Yolanda Cooper-Sutton said. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The comments came as the City Council debated an additional 2% raise for the Memphis Fire Fighters Association.
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Memphis City Council Memphis Fire Department Memphis Firefighters Association Memphis Mayor Paul YoungSamuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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