February 07, 2008 Politics » Politics Beat

Council Committee Turns Down Residency Change for Emergency Personnel 

by John Branston
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This week a committee of the new-look Memphis city council took up a measure to liberalize residency requirements for police, firefighters, and other emergency personnel. Uh oh, the Young Turks didn't hang together on this one.

See what happened and what we thought about it here.

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