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After some travel last week, Gov. Bill Lee is staying around Nashville this week (at least publicly). Given the almost nightly Christmas parties have started at the Governor’s Mansion (and, presumably those hosted by prominent GOP donors elsewhere in Nashville), I wouldn’t expect too much travel from Lee through the end of the year. Shockingly, he has not one but two media avails this week within easy reach of the Capitol Hill Press Corps after zero last week — a week in which he killed a blind man. Maybe he’s trying to butter them up before the (ostensibly) off-the-record holiday cocktail party?
In non-gubernatorial news, my first story for The New York Times was published last week, about a woman who has spent decades providing a safe home for others, even when she had to rely on governmental and non-profit funding to feed her children. Please read it, if you haven’t, and consider a donation to the Neediest Cases Fund or your local food bank, if you have the means to do so.
More stories coming later this week …
GOVERNOR LEE’S MEDIA SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 9, 2019 – DECEMBER 15, 2019
Monday, December 9
No public events
Tuesday, December 10
Tennessee Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
Embassy Suites Cool Springs
820 Crescent Centre Drive
Franklin, TN 37067
9:00 a.m. CST
MEDIA – Open, Photo only
Wednesday, December 11
Oak Cottage Groundbreaking Ceremony
126 W. Fowlkes Street
Franklin, TN 36064
9:25 a.m. CST
MEDIA – Open, Availability
Thursday, December 12
Tennessee Association of Recovery Court Professionals Annual Conference
Embassy Suites Cool Springs
820 Crescent Centre Drive
Franklin, TN 37067
11:20 a.m. CST
MEDIA – Open, Photo only
Lipscomb Life Program Graduation
Tennessee Prison for Women
3881 Stewarts Ln
Nashville, TN 37218
1:30 p.m. CST
MEDIA – Open, Photo only
Friday, December 13
Titans HQ Groundbreaking
St. Thomas Sports Park
460 Great Circle Road
Nashville, TN 37228
1:00 p.m. CST
MEDIA – Open, Availability
Saturday, December 14
TN Highway Patrol Cadet Class of 2019 Commencement Ceremony
Hermitage Hills Baptist Church
3475 Lebanon Pike
Hermitage, TN 37076
9:00 a.m. CST
MEDIA – Open, Photo only
Sunday, December 15
No public events
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