The AM/DM podcast: Landers Center docs, text messages give new info on termination suit
After former Landers Center Executive Director Todd Mastry was fired in January of 2025, he filed a federal suit against DeSoto County and the county’s Convention and Visitors Bureau for wrongful termination.
Mastry claims he was fired because members of the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors wanted him to stop booking Black artists and he refused to do so.
Last month, DeSoto County and the CVB asked the court to dismiss Mastry’s case. In doing so, Mastry’s attorneys filed a number of documents why the case shouldn’t be dismissed, including statements from former CVB members who said they were appointed, and in some cases later replaced, solely to terminate Mastry.
North Mississippi reporter Aarron Fleming is here today to talk about what exactly we have learned from these newly filed documents.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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