Opinion: Waste Pro has got to go
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
It’s time for the city to cancel its five-year, $33.1 million contract with Waste Pro.
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