There are 124 article(s) tagged Wanda Halbert:

• January 2024

  • County budget retreat: missing figures, job vacancies and ‘gobbledygook’

    Shelby County commissioners and about 40 other people including county finance and other division leaders met at Shelby Farms ahead of Mayor Lee Harris’ budget proposal.

    By Bill Dries January 28, 2024

  • Mick Wright talks Shelby County Commission triumphs and struggles

    Commissioner Mick Wright has a number of directives in mind for the coming year, including reducing crime and getting Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s office in line.

    By Michael Waddell January 24, 2024

  • Lee Harris on Wanda Halbert: ‘She won’t sign anything’

    “I think it’s time for us to figure out a solution, and it’s hard to believe that the solution is Wanda Halbert as county clerk,” said the Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries January 05, 2024

• December 2023

  • Wright sends 20-page complaint in Halbert investigation

    The day after the special prosecutor from Chattanooga came to Memphis to hear from the public, Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright has drafted a formal complaint against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

    By Bill Dries December 28, 2023

  • Wheel-tax hike, Wanda Halbert top list of 2023’s County Commission votes

    A $25 wheel-tax hike tops the annual list of significant votes by the Shelby County Commission. The vote had a ripple effect on the 13-member body from electing a new chair to a special prosecutor investigating County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

    By Bill Dries December 27, 2023

  • Special prosecutor in Halbert case sets up shop in county building

    Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright said Wednesday, Dec. 27, he is in the process of drafting a formal complaint against Wanda Halbert for the special prosecutor’s office in Chattanooga to consider.

    By Bill Dries December 27, 2023

  • No formal complaints in Wanda Halbert probe, special prosecutor says

    Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty G. Wamp, in a letter to Shelby County commissioners, says the investigation has been slow moving with unreturned phone calls and denied records requests that she says violate state law.

    By Bill Dries December 21, 2023

• November 2023

  • Issues grow for Wanda Halbert as lease request in Millington is revealed

    Millington wants the Shelby County Clerk to pay for use of the building owned by the suburb. However, after 18 months, no agreement has been met.

    By Abigail Warren November 22, 2023

  • Shelby County Clerk’s Millington office closed Tuesday

    The office simply had a closed sign on the door with a clock indicating they would reopen at 8 a.m. There was no explanation for why none of the employees were present.

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    County Commission wants ‘status update’ from Wanda Halbert prosecutor

    By Abigail Warren November 15, 2023

  • County Commission wants ‘status update’ from Wanda Halbert prosecutor

    New documents show Halbert’s office owes more than $9,800 in rent on the Poplar Plaza location she vacated last week. She hasn’t turned in a monthly report on time for revenues collected by her office since July 2021, and the commission is asking questions.

    By Bill Dries November 14, 2023

  • Wanda Halbert denies being evicted from Poplar Plaza office

    Wanda Halbert addressed the sudden closing of the County Clerk’s Poplar Plaza office at a press conference Thursday, Nov. 9. She maintains the exit was not an “eviction” but acknowledged her office missed paying two months’ rent and called it “trivial.”

    By Bill Dries November 09, 2023

  • Halbert investigation ‘jump-started’ by office closure, prosecutor says

    Wanda Halbert’s office has been under investigation since June. The Chattanooga prosecutor leading the probe tells The Daily Memphian the closing of the Poplar Plaza clerk’s office has his attention.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2023

  • Amid Poplar Plaza office closure, County Clerk focuses on new location

    Shelby County Chief Administrative Officer Harold Collins said Monday, Nov. 6, County Clerk Wanda Halbert has fallen behind on rent payments for her office in the Poplar Plaza shopping center. Halbert makes no mention of past-due rent.

    By Bill Dries November 07, 2023

• July 2023

  • County Commission to meet during lull after wheel-tax hike split

    The commission votes Monday, July 31 on a solid waste fee hike for Northaven, a move to a two-year property tax reappraisal cycle for taxation purposes and equipment to convert microfilm and microfiche archives to digital files. 

    By Bill Dries July 31, 2023

• June 2023

  • Judge names special prosecutor to investigate Wanda Halbert

    The Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office requested an outside prosecutor “due to the need to avoid a conflict of interest and any appearance of impropriety.”

    By Julia Baker, Bill Dries June 29, 2023

  • Long-awaited Riverdale clerk’s office quietly doing business

    The long-awaited and discussed office of the Shelby County Clerk at 3785 Riverdale Road opened this week after many delays. 

    By Bill Dries June 10, 2023

  • Halbert touts ‘soft opening’ Tuesday of clerk’s Riverdale office

    Halbert has talked of opening a new clerk’s office on Riverdale Road since late last year. The “soft opening” means the office won’t be fully staffed.

    By Bill Dries June 05, 2023

• May 2023

  • Shelby County Commission votes on tax rate changes, Wanda Halbert

    Mayor Lee Harris is proposing dropping the rate, but the votes weren’t there. Meanwhile, another effort to take a possible step toward ouster proceedings against County Clerk Wanda Halbert came up short.

    By Bill Dries May 01, 2023

• April 2023

  • Adviser says more locations, temporary workers can end County Clerk’s problems

    The new special adviser to Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert says she has some “concrete ideas” about how to end lines outside the office locations.

    By Bill Dries April 12, 2023

  • Shelby County Commission appoints Wanda Halbert’s special adviser

    The Shelby County Commission chose former city council member Janet Hooks to be Wanda Halbert’s special adviser.

    By Bill Dries April 05, 2023

• March 2023

  • Halbert: ‘I’m not going anywhere ... Nobody asked anybody else to quit’

    Wanda Halbert met March 29 with county commissioners who pressed for specifics on a lease at Poplar Plaza and an opening date for the Riverdale Road office. One commissioner pushed his call for her to resign.

    By Bill Dries March 29, 2023

  • Poplar Plaza, Wanda Halbert have been discussing office space since September

    An email chain indicates representatives from Poplar Plaza have been asking Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert since at least September 2022 about relocating the clerk’s office space in the shopping center.

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    Your questions about Wanda Halbert’s office, answered

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2023

  • Your questions about Wanda Halbert’s office, answered

    Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert goes before county commissioners Wednesday, March 29. Here are some of the basics of the controversy that has been ongoing for about a year.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2023

  • Halbert asserts independence in response to county mayor’s ultimatum

    Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert says she has a back-up plan to move the clerk’s office now at Poplar Plaza to an old bank branch at Quince and Perkins.

    By Bill Dries March 24, 2023

  • Halbert could face ouster if she doesn’t move Poplar Plaza office

    If Wanda Halbert does not move the Poplar Plaza office location, Mayor Harris could make the case that she is derelict in her duty.

    By Bill Dries March 22, 2023