The Ford's and their cronies are trying to make it a civil rights case.
One of the out-going (man, I love saying that) county commisioners, Walter Bailey, has intimated that the commision should place a black in that now vacated seat. What a crock. What ever happened to the "content of their character" bit? BTW, Bailey, along with fellow commisioners Cleo Kirk and Julian Bolton lost their bid for further service on the Shelby County commission. The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the will of the people concerning term limits. Those three, along with others have been term limited out of their seats. Now if the City of Memphis can get rid of its mayor Willie Herenton by way of a recall, that would be like hitting the trifecta at Churchill downs on Derby Day.