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TN Politics: The City Council Makes Progress, and Progressives Make their Case in Nashville

Political analyst Otis Sanford with his PRSA Communicator of the Year Award.
WKNO-FM
Political analyst Otis Sanford with his PRSA Communicator of the Year Award.
Political analyst Otis Sanford with his PRSA Communicator of the Year Award.
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Political analyst Otis Sanford with his PRSA Communicator of the Year Award.

On Tuesday, the Memphis City Council finally broke a deadlock that had lasted seven weeks and resulted in a leadership crisis. The problem: members couldn't decide on three appointments for vacant district seats. After the election of a new chairman, Kemp Conrad, the council made relatively fast work finding consensus candidates.

Political analyst Otis Sanford offers his take on this week's events, along with his predictions for local lawmakers as they headed to Nashville for the first few days of this year's Tennessee General Assembly.

Otis Sanford talks with Christopher Blank about the week in Tennessee Politics for January 6-12, 2019.

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A native "Florida Man," Christopher started in this business as a copy clerk at the renowned St. Petersburg Times before persuading editors to let him write. He moved to Memphis in 2001 to cover arts and entertainment at the Commercial Appeal. Since then, he has contributed to nearly every publication in Shelby County, writing features on everything from the Civil War to Civil Rights. Also, Elvis... a lot of Elvis.