Memphis Mayor-Elect A C Wharton announced Friday that County Commissioner Mike Carpenter and Methodist Healthcare senior vice president Cato Johnson would help guide his new administration in its first 90 days.
Wharton will announce the rest of his transition team today on Facebook, but a name you may be hearing more of is former Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division chief and mayoral candidate Herman Morris.
When a reporter caught Morris Friday on his cell phone and asked if he would be leading an effort to review the city attorney's office, Morris said, "You've got good sources." Morris then said he would be honored to serve under Wharton and that he would let the mayor elect announce what role he would play.
Wharton has announced that he would appoint a team to conduct a full review of the city attorney's office in the wake of scandals under now former City Atty. Elbert Jefferson.
Morris, an attorney and former president of the Memphis chapter of the NAACP, finished in third place in the 2007 election, finishing behind incumbent Willie Herenton and Carol Chumney.
Also today, Wharton will meet with Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery at 2 p.m.
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