Looks like Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery’s team will be leaving City Hall when he does. Lowery told CA reporter Daniel Connolly on Monday that his deputy city attorney, Veronica Coleman-Davis, won’t be around much longer.
The former U.S. attorney’s last day is Friday.
Lowery reiterated that all the appointments he’d made were designed to serve only during the interim.
“I said everyone I asked for council approval will leave with me,” Lowery said.
Lowery had picked Coleman-Davis as his interim city attorney, but the City Council voted not to fire embattled city attorney Elbert Jefferson. As a result, Coleman-Davis remained in the deputy’s seat throughout Lowery’s stint as interim mayor.
And now that Jefferson has resigned, Lowery has nominated former Memphis mayoral candidate Herman Morris to replace him.
While Coleman-Davis is leaving, what this means for chief administrative officer Jack Sammons is still unclear. While Wharton could always decide to reappoint Sammons, a former city councilman, he has not committed to doing so.
A call to Sammons was not returned Tuesday.
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