Political Roundup: People’s Convention fiery finale, Kelsey’s end
Candidates for mayor of Memphis Paul Young (standing) and Van Turner spoke during the third and final day of the People’s Convention at Liberty Park on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Mayoral contender Paul Young took the convention’s endorsement Saturday, Aug. 12, but rival Van Turner delivered a fiery speech and both called for changing the city’s political status quo. City council endorsements are also listed.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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