Mayoral candidates talk education, MPD’s Davis, energy — and sinkholes
Candidates who attended the mayoral forum at First Congregational Church on March 30, 2023, included (from left) Daniel Abston, Paul Young, J.W. Gibson, Frank Colvett and Reggie Hall. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
A three-plus hour mayoral forum Thursday night at First Congregational Church in Cooper-Young featured Daniel Abston, Frank Colvett, J.W. Gibson, Reginald Hall and Paul Young.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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