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Grudge Match

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

The Herenton-Cohen race for Congress is a throwdown, but what's it all about, really? ... by Jackson Baker ... Willie Herenton's congressional campaign kickoff, scarcely more than a week after it occurred, is already a signal event in Memphis history. Herenton, the battle-scarred former mayor, faced a crowd of mainly African-American supporters in the ballroom of the University of Memphis-area Holiday Inn and reminded those present that he had broken down barriers by becoming the city's first

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South Bound

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Published Dec. 17, 2009 at 5:00 a.m.

MATA board approves construction contract for its new terminal, lease to Greyhound ... by Mary Cashiola ... The MATA board of commissioners voted unanimously this week to approve construction of a nine-acre, $15.7 million terminal on Airways and to lease a majority of the facility to Greyhound bus lines. The South Intermodal Terminal will be home to Greyhound's Memphis operations and a small MATA customer service center, as well as a stop on about five local bus routes. The project is connected

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Council Will Scrutinize Herenton's Vacation Pay

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Published Oct. 5, 2009 at 4:11 p.m.

The Memphis City Council will take a look at payouts made to former mayor Willie Herenton for vacation days that weren't taken. John Branston reports ...

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Wharton Plans to Take on Herenton

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Published Aug. 14, 2009 at 5:39 p.m.

Front runner AC Wharton could be the candidate most affected byFormer Mayor Willie Herenton's possible entry into the race ...

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FOX13 Insiders: Herenton's Back

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Published Aug. 14, 2009 at 1:47 p.m.

Just two weeks after his retirement, former Memphis Mayor WillieHerenton decided the field of candidates in the special electionjust aren't good enough. So he decided he's running too, and pickedup his petition from the Shelby County Election Commission Thursdaymorning. Political Insiders, Joseph Kyles and Mike Fleming joinFOX13 with more ...

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Blog Days of Summer

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Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 8:14 p.m.

In the Flyer staff blogs: Baker's got Fields' latest broadside; Branston wonders Who Owns Beale? VanWyngarden says Herenton's a Wannabe; and Bianca's Synchronizing Smooches ...

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FOX13 Insiders: Herenton Announcement

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Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 5:55 p.m.

We welcome the FOX13 Insiders to weigh in on this heavy hittingpolitical news day. Joseph Kyles and Mike Fleming join us to talkMemphis politics and about former Mayor Willie Herenton's new plansto run for Mayor again ...   ...

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Lowery Reacts to Herenton's Letter

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Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 5:55 p.m.

Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton says he's running for mayorbecause he doesn't want temporary mayor Myron Lowery to win thepost permanently ...

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Herenton: Just Another Wannabe Now

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Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 5:26 p.m.
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By picking up a petition to run for mayor in the October special mayoral election today, former Mayor Willie Herenton maintained his reputation among most sentient Memphians as an unpredictable loon. He further solidified that reputation by issuing a megalomaniacal statement that denounced Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery and announced that Herenton was preparing a referendum that would "allow the citizens of Memphis to rescind the current charter amendment that elevated Myron Lowery to the office of

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Dear God ... No: UPDATE -- Official Statement from Herenton

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Published Aug. 13, 2009 at 1:26 p.m.

Saying that "the city I love deserves better" than the alternatives offered it, recently retired former mayor Willie Herenton picked up a petition from the Election Commission Thursday morning to run in the Ocober 15th special mayoral election to succeed himself ... Herenton also proposed in a statement to sponsor a referendum resolution "to rescind the current charter amendment that elevated Myron Lowery to the office of Mayor Pro Tem [and] prescribe limitations on the powers of a non-elected

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