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Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 6, 2024

An East Memphis resident has filed an ethics complaint against Memphis City Council member Michalyn Easter-Thomas, asserting the councilwoman’s job with the Memphis River Parks Partnership is a conflict of interest, reports the Daily Memphian. Rebecca Neves filed the complaint in late January which asserts that because Easter-Thomas is an employee of a nonprofit that has a contract with the Memphis Parks Department, she has a conflict of interest under Section 20, Article 5 of the city charter. Under city ordinance, the city’s chief ethics officer must evaluate the facts of the complaint by Feb. 8. The Daily Memphian reports it is not clear if the ethics officer already has issued a recommendation.