Ford Voices Suburban Sympathies -- Against County-Only Funding for City Schools

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Perhaps it was Joe Ford's move to a Bartlett home worth $391,000, even while he was representing an inner-city County Commission district. Or maybe those "Coffee and Conversation" meetings that he has held as interim Shelby County mayor at some suburban locales have had an impact.

As he runs for election to a full four-year mayoral term, Ford is sounding more sympathetic to the concerns of voters outside Memphis - at times at the expense of the concerns of voters in the city, where the Ford family base long has been anchored.

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Ford Voices Suburban Sympathies -- Against County-Only Funding for City Schools

On Tuesday, visiting with some citizens at Mother's Family Restaurant in Frayser, Ford might not have been emphasizing those newfound suburban sensib...

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