County Commission will fill open MSCS board seat
Shelby County Commissioners vote to fill a vacancy on the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board Monday, July 17 created when Sheleah Harris resigned in June. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Commissioners also elect leaders for the second year of their four-year term of office Monday. And the election of a chair and chair pro tempore could indicate what divisions remain among the commission’s Democratic majority after last month’s tumultuous wheel tax debate and vote.
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