Local radio station encourages listeners to protest by dropping chairs off at Memphis school board
The Memphis School board is embroiled in controversy today because of a plan to spend seven thousand dollars for a dozen new chairs for board members. That comes to an average price of more than five-hundred-forty dollars a chair.
Board members say their current chairs are old and ergonomically inefficient.
Critics say the seven thousand dollar expenditure is just another indication that board members are out of touch with the needs of a financially strapped district.
The expensive chairs made for an interesting topic of debate this morning on Rock 103.
So much so that the station decided to donate six chairs to the board members. They were a bargain at 47 dollars for the bunch.
Viewers dropped by a couple of more chairs shortly after nine o'clock this morning. Those chairs were donated so they will cost taxpayers nothing.
The station is encouraging viewers to drop chairs off at the school board headquarters at Hollywood and Avery all day long.