Political Roundup: Young opens HQ in Poplar Plaza, Wharton on name recognition
Mayoral contender Paul Young, right, with County Register Willie Brooks, left, during the Saturday, May 27, opening of Young’s campaign headquarters in Poplar Plaza. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
Mayoral contender and Downtown Memphis Commission president Paul Young drew a crowd of around 150 Saturday, May 27, to his campaign headquarters at Poplar Plaza — the first among the contenders.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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