An Education in Consolidation

Published Dec. 24, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
As the new metro charter commission excludes education from consolidation discussions, the city tries to find funding for MCS...by Mary Cashiola...Attorney Brian Stephens says the Metropolitan Government Charter Commission is local residents' opportunity to be their own founding fathers: "I think this is one of these historic opportunities for people to have a say in what their government looks like." Stephens is the organizer of Rebuild Government, a group launched last week to support the work of the metro charter commission. With the Cordova Leadership Council, Stephens hosted then-Shelby County mayor A C Wharton's first listening tour on consolidation. Rebuild…


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