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RandySF

(77,751 posts) Fri Apr 7, 2023, 07:28 PM Apr 2023

Memphis could lose funding for major projects if Pearson appointed back to seat, commissioner says

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Shelby County commissioner told FOX13 on Friday that Nashville leaders are threatening to take away funding from Memphis and other Shelby County projects if the county commission decides to reinstate expelled state Rep. Justin J. Pearson.

Pearson (D-Memphis) and Justin Jones (D-Nashville) both were voted out of the Tennessee House of Representatives on Thursday.

The decision came a week after hundreds of protestors gathered at the Tennessee State Capitol to speak out against what they viewed as lax gun laws in the wake of a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead.

As protestors gathered outside of the House walls, Pearson and Jones took part in a demonstration of their own on the House floor, using a bullhorn and political signs to speak out against gun laws. That demonstration prompted the votes which resulted in the two Democrats being expelled from the House.

Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, also faced expulsion but escaped the fate by a single vote.

According to Shelby County Commissioner Erika Sugarmon, leaders in Nashville threated to pull state funding for projects in the Memphis area if commissioners were to reappoint Pearson.

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/memphis-could-lose-funding-for-major-projects-if-pearson-appointed-back-to-seat-commissioner-says/article_a314c216-d582-11ed-9766-8f4212e502ec.html

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Memphis could lose funding for major projects if Pearson appointed back to seat, commissioner says (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2023 OP

The leading sentence blaming "Nashville leaders" is misleading. Tanuki Apr 2023 #1

So what do i see here? bluestarone Apr 2023 #2

Keep digging, you assholes. Keep digging. hatrack Apr 2023 #3

This is war! GPV Apr 2023 #4

Start removing federal funding from TN. roamer65 Apr 2023 #5

Tanuki

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1. The leading sentence blaming "Nashville leaders" is misleading.

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Fri Apr 7, 2023, 07:37 PM

Apr 2023

It's the TN GOP leadership, the same cretins who expelled the Justins, now engaging in blatant extortion. These people aren't Nashvillians and the only connection is that they infest the city, which is the state capital, during the legislative session.