In an interview with WMC-TV Channel 5 reporter Nick Kenney, Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton affirmed that he would be leaving office before the month ends.
Kenney, who said he happened to run into the mayor in a City Hall elevator, asked him the key question in the third-person parlance preferred on the seventh floor: "Is the mayor retiring?"
"I have every intention of retiring July 30, 2009," Herenton said. "Absolutely."
Herenton said in the interview that several "major contracts" needed extra time to be completed, but that he has emphasized to his directors that "I'm out of here after July 30."
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