MLGW board member defends CEO: ‘Politics don’t need to be involved’
Memphis Light, Gas and Water President and CEO Doug McGowen (left) honors MLGW board chair Mitch Graves (right) during a meeting on Dec. 21, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis mayor appoints MLGW’s president and CEO. Doug McGowen was appointed last fall, but the city’s next mayor will have the power to remove him at any time.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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