City Council Scorecard: How to lose an appointment
Jamita Swearengen (second from right, in a meeting last month) has begun her one-year term as City Council chairwoman. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The first Council Scorecard of the new year chronicles a rare defeat of an appointment from the city court clerk’s office and a few notes about the start of the second half of the current council’s four-year term.
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