Conaway: The lowest crime rate in 25 years is getting both a parade and a charade
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
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And a military parade at that.
The commander-in-chief his own self is leading it here like an orange drum major, our governor will follow like the guy with the shovel behind the elephant and our mayor will be dragged along right behind them like a reluctant Democrat donkey.
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