Bailey: Wanda won’t pay for using office space; deja vu all over again
The Shelby County Clerk's Millington office is located at 4836 Navy Road. (Abigail Warren/The Daily Memphian file)
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.
Most of us are aware that there are plenty of problems with Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s office, both from publicity and in observations by friends.
The clerk seems to have real problems keeping things from becoming controversial. Or paying bills on spots where her satellite offices are located. Such as the issues several years ago that led to the closing of the clerk’s office at Poplar Plaza.
The latest problem to emerge is the money “owed” to the City of Millington for the space Halbert uses in the North Shelby County suburb.
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