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Sanford: New Health Department director weathered unnecessary political storm

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 29, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Published: July 29, 2021 4:00 AM CT
Otis Sanford
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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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