Council weighs traffic-ticket amnesty to lower property-tax hike
“I don’t know if we will get a penny,” Memphis City Council member Jerri Green said in proposing the ticket amnesty. “It’s a way for Memphians to step up and be part of the solution.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis City Council looked at alternatives to Mayor Paul Young’s proposed 75-cent city property-tax hike Tuesday, as well as an assortment of other issues.
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