One guest at the Memphis Rotary Club's mayoral debate was perennial candidate Robert "Prince Mongo" Hodges, who purchased a seat for $18 but got a table all to himself. Wearing his crazy old-fashioned aviator goggles, Hodges also brought his own rubber chicken to the luncheon, which he had pinned to a coat. He was barefoot.
He claimed the event was organized "by the Communist Appeal" to include only a select group of candidates. Rotary invited Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton, Memphis Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery, former state legislator and former city councilwoman Carol Chumney and attorney Charles Carpenter to participate, based upon "most recent polling data."
Hodges also said he had his own poll which showed him with a lead of 13 percent over the field, and decried what he described as a conspiracy to exclude candidates from mainstream coverage of the race.
The debate is about to begin. More to follow.
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