City Council paid $32K for catering, more on travel over ‘22, ‘23
Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius D. Jones (right) and council member JB Smiley both traveled with other council members to Washington twice this year. In the last 18 months, the council has spent more than $66,000 on travel. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The council also spent more than $66,000 on travel, staying in hotels in Nashville and Washington, D.C. Taxpayers paid for the travel by picking up the tab for the City Council’s credit card payments.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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