Council’s ice storm review points to broader infrastructure changes
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and MLGW President and CEO J.T. Young want to form a citizens committee to come up with options to better deal with power outages. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
The city is forming a citizens group to review the ice storm response and how recent power outages have been handled by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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