After County Commission delay, mayor ‘not coming back’ with ethics appointments
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. accused Mayor Lee Harris of having “an unhealthy obsession with me and his vendetta with me will not be resolved until I am removed from office.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The vote came after harsh words were exchanged between Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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