Sale of two lots on Weaver Road for Byhalia Connection pipeline delayed
Batsell Booker speaks during a rally against the Byhalia Connection pipeline on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, outside the National Civil Rights Museum. Demonstrators marched from the museum to the Shelby County Commission meeting. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
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.
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