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City Council Scorecard: Tabling Chickasaw Gardens, the Musk divide

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 06, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: April 06, 2025 4:00 AM CT

The first Memphis City Council Scorecard of the year marks the second year of the current council’s four-year term.

Most of the votes featured in this edition are lopsided votes that nevertheless have something to say about the body and the issues it faces just ahead of the city budget season, which begins Tuesday when Mayor Paul Young takes his second budget proposal to the council.

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City Council Scorecard Chickasaw Gardens C.J. Davis Wolf River Bottoms xAI Elon Musk Subscriber Only

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries

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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