Bailey: A lawsuit and a campaign and whether they can coexist
Clay Bailey
Clay Bailey, a lifelong Memphian, has worked as a reporter in the city four decades. He concentrated on suburban coverage for the bulk of his career, except for a stint as sports editor of The Daily Memphian when it launched in September 2018. He now is suburban editor and also serves as a freelance sports writer for The Associated Press.
Suburban Spotlight could have gone several directions this week. Some of the ideas didn’t come together enough. Others may get their day of attention later.
As everything shook out this week, we come back to the question of a lawsuit, a Germantown school board candidate and whether it deserved to be reported.
Obviously, since we reported the lawsuit by the family of school board candidate Vicki Gandee against the Germantown Municipal School District’s board, we considered that last question pertinent.
As reporter Abigail Warren wrote earlier this week, Gandee, a candidate for Position 5 on the school board, has a $5 million lawsuit pending against the same board for which she is seeking office. The complaint deals with an injury to her son while he lifted weights as a member of the Houston High football team.
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