Council Votes to Keep Jefferson As City Atty. -- Firing Effort Fails After Agreement to Recoup Fees
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › September 17, 2009
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After a day of closed-door talks and public debate that left him looking tired and ill, City Atty. Elbert Jefferson hung on to his job Tuesday as the City Council put aside the wishes of Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery and voted 7-4 not to fire him.
His job on the line because of a $55,000 payment he approved for former mayor Willie Herenton's private attorney, Jefferson persuaded enough council members to drop the firing by agreeing to try to recover some of the money paid to Robert Spence.See the full content of this document
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Council Votes to Keep Jefferson As City Atty. -- Firing Effort Fails After Agreement to Recoup Fees
Jefferson acknowledged that he has been interviewed by the FBI about the payment, and Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons has opened an investigation, too.
Jefferson spent much of the day in closed-door talks wi...See the full content of this document
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