Opinion: The county commission restrictions on officers should be rejected
Leigh Ann Roman
A Kentucky native, Leigh Ann Roman makes her home in Memphis where she works as a communications professional. She is a former newspaper reporter who has worked on the staffs of The Tennessean and the Memphis Business Journal.
“Memphis will continue losing population as it has for the last three years if we do not get a handle on out-of-control crime. And our policies are moving in the wrong direction.”
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