Ford, Fisher on different sides of instant-runoff voting

By Bill Dries, Daily Memphian Updated: September 18, 2018 10:31 PM CT | Published: September 18, 2018 2:53 PM CT

Most of the 50 citizens at a Hickory Hill town hall meeting Monday, Sept. 17, came to talk and complain about city garbage and trash pick-up. There were so many complaints the host, City Council member Patrice Robinson, began setting up a meeting just to talk about the city’s solid waste services, which are in the process of changing.

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