Council debates partisan city primaries and term limits
Memphis City Council member Martavius Jones introduced for discussion two referendum ordinances during the council’s executive session on Tuesday, April 19. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The two proposals were introduced during council committee sessions but appear to have been discussed among council members prior to that.
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Memphis City Council city charter referendum council term limits city partisan primaries Martavius Jones Worth Morgan Jeff Warren JB Smiley Jr. Chase CarlisleBill Dries on demand
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