In famous lines by T.S. Eliot, the poetย’s probable stand-in J. Alfred Prufrock opined, ย“I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be.ย”Well, Shelby County mayor Wharton was meant to be. And it has to be remembered that in the play Eliot was referencing, Hamlet does finally act.

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