City Council farewells reveal turbulent recent history, City Hall traditions
Outgoing Memphis City Council member Reid Hedgepeth hugs his mom after being recognized for his efforts during his tenure as a councilman by his constituents during a Dec. 17, 2019, Memphis City Council meeting. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The six Memphis City Council members whose terms end with the new year said their farewells Dec. 17 at the last council meeting of the year. For some it was emotional, for others it was a time to reflect and for still others it was political.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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