Decorum guide gets modest tweaking as council discovers limits of disciplining one of its own
“We are all elected officials and as such our first allegiance is to people that elected us,” said Council Chairwoman Patrice Robinson, seen here in late 2019. “Consequently, there are legal limits to what discipline we can impose on our fellow members.” (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Council Chairwoman Patrice Robinson said council members who behave badly, as council member Edmund Ford Sr. did two weeks ago, can’t be removed or suspended. And restoring order is “a question of judgment” by the chairperson.
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