Opinion: The past was too present at Mud Island River Park
Workers with 901Demo.com begin the process of removing the seven flag poles from the south end of Mud Island on Tuesday, April 6. (Mark Weber/ Daily Memphian)
Bill Dries
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.
The seven flagpoles on the Mud Island River Park’s southern end were removed this week. The park, beloved as a memory that in some ways may be too faithful to its 1980s trappings, will get some much-needed maintenance this spring.
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