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Go back, Jack, do it again

By Blake Fontenay
September 10th, 2008

A glutton for punishment?Just like cyclist Lance Armstrong, former Memphis City Councilman Jack Sammons is coming out of retirement.

The council decided yesterday to appoint Sammons, who left office less than nine months ago, to fill a vacant seat until after the November elections.

No word yet on whether Sammons, a 16-year veteran of the council, lobbied for the job with the slogan: "Change you can believe in."

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