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He said so in a letter to school board member Kenneth T. Whalum Jr., who this week submitted the fifthterm mayor's name to a search firm looking for a superintendent.
"I regret that local media have highly politicized my sincere interest in helping the Memphis City Schools overcome its present challenges," he wrote. "Despite my passion for public education, I cannot consider becoming an applicant for the schools' superintendent position at this time."
He said last month he would retire as mayor if he could become superintendent. The New York Times quoted him as saying, "When you are good, you don't seek positions, they seek you."
Memphis police arrested a husband and wife on felony charges after the wife received a package containing marijuana while at the Memphis Redbirds offices Wednesday.
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Further investigation led police to the Wilkes home in the 5600 block of Tulip Grove Drive, where her husband, Sean Wilkes, was arrested. Detectives confiscated approximately $65,000 in cash, a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup and two weapons.
Both face felony charges related to drug possession with intent to sell.
The event will feature guided hikes, park tours and activities for kids such as pony rides, face painting, arts and crafts, kite flying and learning about energy through a humanpowered, electricitygenerating bike.
Vendors will showcase environmentally friendly products and services, with the Nike booth accepting old sneakers to recycle.
It will have food vendors and live music. And volunteers will work on projects such as planting hundreds of day lilies to slow erosion around Patriot Lake.