County Commissioners ‘stunned’ by 3G deal press release
In addition to the 3Gs deal, Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. took issue with the press. “With all due respect, the last thing I need is any corrupt columnist asking what we are doing and being in a place where they don’t belong,” he said. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Some Shelby County Commissioners didn’t care for how terms of the deal that would transfer two Germantown namesake schools to the City of Germantown were made public.
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