Boyd says deals, partisanship, race are factors in council standoff

By , Daily Memphian Published: November 30, 2018 5:54 PM CT
<strong>Berlin Boyd</strong>

Berlin Boyd

Memphis City Council chairman Berlin Boyd says the council was on its way to a partisan and racial divide when it tried to appoint someone to fill the vacant District 1 seat last week.

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Berlin Boyd Lonnie Treadaway Memphis City Council Rhonda Logan

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.


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