Calkins: Now running for mayor of Memphis. The Rock?
Now that the silly residency requirement is dead, the possible candidates for city mayor are endless.
Now that Memphis doesn’t have a residency requirement for who can run to be mayor, Geoff Calkins discusses possible candidates, including (clockwise from top left) Paul Young, Zach Randolph, Jimmy Smits, Justin Timberlake, the Dalai Lama, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Van Turner, Sandra Bullock, Leslie Jones, former President Barack Obama, Robert Pera, Adam Silver, Michelle McKissack, Paul Finebaum, Floyd Bonner Jr. and Josh Pastner, to name a few. (Clockwise from top left: Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian; Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP file; Courtesy Charlotte Eckberg; The Daily Memphian file; Frank Masi/Courtesy NBC; Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file; KGC-11/STAR MAX/IPx/AP file; Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP file; Carolyn Kaster/AP file; The Daily Memphian file; Courtesy Brian Bales; Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian; Michael Clubb/AP file; Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file; The Daily Memphian file)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
How about Justin Timberlake? Leslie Jones? William, Prince of Wales? No connection to Memphis is too tenuous to be mayor. Who would you choose?
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