February 21, 2013 Politics » Politics Beat

The Parks Issue Redux 

Wharton: Marker was “big slap”; Harris: Council should drop issue, nix study commission.

by Jackson Baker
Mayor A C Wharton last week gave voice to what he saw as the unspoken issue involved in the recently volatile issue of Forrest Park and the Memphis City Council's decision to rename it and two other downtown parks in view of…

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