Ken Moody opens county mayoral campaign
Assistant to Jim Strickland takes Lee Harris to task for ‘failing’
“It is fresh on everybody’s mind how this administration handled the pandemic,” Ken Moody said Thursday at Hattiloo Theatre as he announced his candidacy for Shelby County mayor. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Ken Moody opened his challenge of County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday in Overton Square with an attack of Harris’ leadership, similar to how Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland campaigned in his 2015 upset of incumbent AC Wharton Jr.
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