MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said he is open to de-annexation in South Cordova and Southwind as long as other areas stay a part of the city, a spokesperson for the mayor said Wednesday.
Earlier this week, Strickland called the bill potentially devastating and said it could cost Memphis more than 100,000 residents, $64 million in property tax revenue and $15 million in sales tax revenue.
The state bill would allow residents of six Tennessee cities, including Memphis, to vote to de-annex their communities if their city absorbed them after May 1, 1998.
Some of the recent communities annexed by Memphis include South Cordova, Wyndyke and Southwind.
The bill passed the House Monday and is now headed to the Senate floor where it could be voted on as early as Thursday.