Mayor Young vetoes council rewrite of impasse ordinance
Memphis Mayor Paul Young vetoed changes to impasse negotiations the City Council passed on March 24. (Brad Vest/The Daily Memphian file)
In a three-page letter, Young writes that the ordinance “seeks to enlarge the Council’s authority in direct contravention of the charter.”
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