A new attorney's opinion says City Council chairman Myron Lowery would be able to return to his council seat after serving as mayor pro tem.
According to City Council attorney Allan Wade, Lowery's council seat would be "frozen" during the time he serves as mayor pro tem.
At that time, the sitting vice-chair, Harold Collins, would be promoted to council chairman.
Once a new mayor is elected within 90 days of Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton's departure, Lowery could return to his council seat.
"...He would return as a Council member rather than as Chairman, but would be eligible for election as Chairman for 2010 as are all the other Council members," Wade writes in his opinion, dated July 6.
Lowery is supposed to speak with members of the media at 2:15 p.m. But around 1:45 p.m., Lowery walked out into the lobby of the City Council offices and distributed Wade's opinion, which addresses one of the questions raised by Memphis Mayor in delaying his resignation.
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