Patronage Has Its Privileges

By Kleinheider Posted on July 20, 2009 at 7:54 am

Willie Herenton wants to make sure his crew has jobs well after he has departed the office of Memphis Mayor:

Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton has delayed his retirement until July 30 to take care of some unfinished city business.

But a source inside city hall says the mayor’s loose ends include protecting his appointees from losing their jobs after he leaves.

They say the mayor has a stack of contracts on his desk to sign before he leaves office.

The source also told Action News 5 that Herenton is pushing to convert his appointees into civil servants, in hopes that this will protect their employment status with the city when he’s no longer there to protect them.

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