Memphis’ month-long party a backdrop for park dispute
Cheryl Benson gives Elvis a little affection on the final day of the 2019 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest at Tom Lee Park on May, 18, 2019. As a successful Memphis in May International Festival unfolded in the park, there was plenty of symbolism and drama building in the controversy over what happens next there. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
As a successful Memphis in May International Festival unfolded in Tom Lee Park, there was plenty of symbolism and drama building in the controversy over what happens next to the30-acre Downtown Memphis park.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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