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Council Rebukes Lowery; Conrad Defends Vote

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The Memphis City Council voted to let City Attorney Elbert Jefferson keep his job.

After a day of delays, private meetings, and tortured rationalizations, the council voted 7-4 to deny interim Mayor Myron Lowery’s request to dismiss Jefferson, a holdover from the Herenton administration who became the summer’s most improbable hot button issue.