Strickland: City, county ‘overpaid’ for Electrolux
Wants clawbacks on land and infrastructure
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talks about Electrolux and his reelection campaign during The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast on Feb. 7, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says a month ago, Electrolux executives assured him their Memphis plant would stay open and even expand to include new product lines. With word of the plant closing in 2021, he told The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast the city, county and state "overpaid" in terms of incentives.
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Bill Dries
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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