Land Bank debate spills over into other issues on County Commission agenda
The County Commission voted down the proposal by Commissioner Britney Thornton (middle) to spend $400,000 on computer software to create a dashboard of data commissioners could use in making decisions about the areas of greatest need. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The County Commission took three votes on the county Land Bank Monday, which touched on larger issues that showed lingering differences across two other unrelated items.
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