Mark White: ‘The disease of undisciplined youth’
Mark White
State Rep. Mark White is chair of the House Education Committee. He represents District 83, in Memphis and Germantown.
“With drag racing, carjackings, car thefts, armed robberies — some resulting in death of victims — murders, etc., being reported every day in our city, we are well past the time of ‘we need to rehabilitate our youth.’”
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