The campaign to change city government
Next year’s Memphis mayoral election to replace term-limited incumbent Jim Strickland is the latest in a long line of mayoral and city council races with historical implications. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Next year’s mayoral race will have historical implications, and there’s been quite a bit of maneuvering to get city charter amendments on the Nov. 8 ballot this year.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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