County Commission Scorecard: New action overrides mayor’s earlier veto
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris (left, in file photo) and the County Commission are at odds after Harris used a rare veto and then the County Commission voted earlier this month to override that veto. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The commission scorecard focuses on a rare veto by the county mayor and the County Commission’s vote earlier this month to override that veto. It’s another chapter in a contentious political saga as the commission enters the last year of its current four-year term of office.
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