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Willie Herenton Says Goodbye -- Really

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Published July 30, 2009 at 11:39 p.m.

[image-5] ... Let it be recorded that the very heavens opened when Willie Herenton left the job of Memphis mayor -- for leave it he did, via a “retirement ceremony” in the Hall of Mayors, at the end of which he finally hand-delivered a formal letter of resignation to the patiently waiting city council chairman/acting mayor Myron Lowery.[image-1] ... Meanwhile, thunder and lightning and torrential rains and tornado rumors outside City Hall and throughout the city accompanied Herenton’s

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American Idols Stop in Memphis

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Published July 27, 2009 at 6:16 p.m.

The scene inside FedEx Forum was aglow…the stars onstage…fans in their seats at the American Idol Tour 2009 inMemphis, but for Lil Rounds it was all about being back home ...

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Trial Run: Mayoral Candidates Wing It at ABC Forum

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Published July 10, 2009 at 5:34 p.m.

[image-1] ... These are the most obvious lessons from Thursday’s first encounter of rival mayoral candidates at a forum sponsored by the Associated Builders and Contractors ... (1) Shelby County mayor A C Wharton , the odds-on favorite going into what is still expected to be a fall special election, will play hard-to-get. He declined an invitation to the ABC’s luncheon affair, held at the University of Memphis are Holiday Inn on Central Avenue, averring frankly that it was

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