City Council’s 3 empty seats take center stage

By Bill Dries Updated: December 18, 2018 9:46 AM CT | Published: December 17, 2018 11:23 PM CT

The Memphis City Council has three empty council seats to fill Tuesday. And if the 10 council members can’t break the gridlock that has delayed the appointment to the first of those vacancies, there will be more calls for special elections to fill all three.

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Berlin Boyd Janis Fullilove Memphis City Council Norma Lester TaJuan Stout-Mitchell

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

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