We've been running profiles of some of the marquee candidates in the Shelby County general elections, and today comes investigative guru Marc Perrusquia's treatment of county mayoral candidate Mark Luttrell, who currently serves as sheriff. We'll have another Joe Ford piece soon. Last week, we ran profiles of sheriff candidates Randy Wade and Bill Oldham.
Perrusquia reveals in Luttrell a candidate who may not exude charisma but appears to have a keen political instinct and privileged connections that date back to his high school days at Bartlett High School.
Perrusquia reveals in Luttrell a candidate who may not exude charisma but appears to have a keen political instinct and privileged connections that date back to his high school days at Bartlett High School.
Yet the real Mark Luttrell -- a 6-foot-4 Baptist father of three grown children, a grandfather, history buff and avid hiker often seen traipsing through local cemeteries and neighborhoods with a walking stick -- doesn't always jibe with his polished, public image.
For starters, he isn't as reluctant a politician as one might think.
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