City Council weighs competing pipeline ordinances
Residents against the pipeline rallied last April at Alonzo Weaver Park. Memphis City Council members will take final votes Tuesday, Nov. 3, on a pair of pipeline-related ordinances.(Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian file)
The council has final votes scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 2, on two pipeline-related ordinances. Also on the agenda are a contract to manage a North Memphis community center and a second look at a minimum wage for EDGE tax breaks.
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