Sanford: Vote for a mayor who can handle a crisis

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 27, 2019 10:09 AM CT | Published: June 27, 2019 4:00 AM CT
Otis Sanford
Daily Memphian

Otis Sanford

Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. 

As former Memphis mayors Dick Hackett and A C Wharton can attest, the top city job requires political skill in the face of bad news or calamity.

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A C Wharton Jr. Dick Hackett Jim Strickland Willie Herenton

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