Analysis: A printer breaks gridlock? And other budget-season takeaways
Memphis Mayor Paul Young, Memphis City council members Janika White and Edmund Ford, Sr., Memphis interim chief financial officer Walter Person and interim chief operating officer Antonio Adams huddle Tuesday ahead of a vote on the city’s budget. (Samuel Hardiman/The Daily Memphian)
The printer stopped working at Memphis City Hall late Tuesday afternoon.
Council staff couldn’t print the ever-evolving resolutions that composed the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget. Without a working printer, the Memphis City Council ground to a halt.
And that electronic mishap gave the Council and Mayor Paul Young’s administration minutes that broke weeks of gridlock.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. A native Rhode Islander who lives in Midtown, he enjoys tennis, golf and reading.
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