Sawyer says fractured county budget season could have been about tax hike
Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer (right, at the Bartlett Senior Center on Tuesday, March 10, 2020) discusses the difficulties with making a budget during a pandemic on this week's Politics Podcast. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer also talked about the rift between the Democratic county mayor and the eight-vote Democratic majority on the commission.
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