Sanford: Assessing the positives and negatives of Strickland’s eight-year run as mayor
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland (back left, Friends of Geisman President Chris Collier) speaks at Geisman Community Center grand opening near Grahamwood and Berclair neighborhoods on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (Ziggy Mack/Special to 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.
“I’m willing to say that, overall, (Jim Strickland’s) tenure as mayor was good. Not great, but nowhere near a disaster either. He does have some positive things to show. But we cannot just brush aside the negatives.”
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