2020 letter feeds Kiel-Spinosa clash in District 5 council race
District 5 City Council candidate Meggan Kiel says rival contender Philip Spinosa is conducting a “smear” campaign by saying her signature on a 2020 letter calling for police reforms was a call to “defund” police. (Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
A 2020 open letter signed by more than 100 leaders of local nonprofits has become a flashpoint in the most expensive race for a city council seat on the Oct. 5 ballot.
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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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