How a $3M budget line item for Mud Island prompted an attempt to oust the city council chairman
Memphis City Council chairman Martavius Jones, left, and council members Jeff Warren, right. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A delayed grant for Tom Lee Park’s redesign, the Beale Street Landing dock expansion and a pool of money cobbled together years ago to jumpstart a renovation of Mud Island led to a City Council showdown.
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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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