Sanford: New Health Department director weathered unnecessary political storm
Dr. Michelle Taylor is the newest director of the Shelby County Health Department. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
Otis Sanford says the dispute between Mayor Lee Harris and County Commissioner Mark Billingsley seems to portend the year ahead for politics in Shelby County.
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