ford family

Jackson Baker on the Memphis Mayor’s attempt to revise history:

A Ford family member beat charges of bribery and extortion yesterday in his Memphis trial but he still has a federal beef pending:

You have to hand it to Democratic Congressman Cohen's political acumen and ability.
He has apparently broken two of the three golden rules of Democratic Memphis.

(Rule #1) He has beaten and beating the Ford family in the Bluff City.

Via Adam Groves:

Blake Fontenay traces the decline and the prospects for the future of the Ford family political dynasty:

Marcus Pohlmann, a political science professor at Rhodes College, questions whether the Ford family ever was a “political machine” in the strictest sense.

Mediaverse reports on the special procedures being implemented to pick a jury for the trial of former Memphis councilman Edmund Ford, Sr.:

Because of the publicity surrounding the case and the high profile of the Ford family, the jury pool is larger than normal.

A suspect has been arrested in the gruesome slaying in Memphis that caused our governor to issue the biggest state reward for information in the case.

A suspect has been arrested in the gruesome slaying in Memphis that caused our governor to issue the biggest state reward for information in the case.

A suspect has been arrested in the gruesome slaying in Memphis that caused our governor to issue the biggest state reward for information in the case.

A suspect has been arrested in the gruesome slaying in Memphis that caused our governor to issue the biggest state reward for information in the case.