Hyde backs Tom Lee Park changes, likens stand off to ‘whack-a-mole’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 21, 2019 7:07 AM CT | Published: June 20, 2019 2:38 PM CT

The philanthropist supporting the remake of Tom Lee Park says there have been a dozen changes to plans by the Memphis River Parks Partnership since the Memphis In May International Festival raised objections to the plan this spring.

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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