Red, Wine And Hot

By Kleinheider Posted on July 29, 2008 at 10:46 pm

Theo Emery writes up Red, Wine and Food’s Senator Ketron appreciation event:

Word of the event was spread on the campaign’s Facebook page, drawing in about 50 people. The invitation promised “a break from the summer heat,” but a sweltering two-story atrium in a tony downtown apartment building on 2nd Avenue provided anything but.

Fans roared overhead as attendees wandered back and forth shuttled between one table with platters of fruit and cheese, and a second tucked discreetly in the back with bottles of red and white wine. Campaign bumper stickers poked out of purses and pockets, and nametags drooped from lapels.

At about 6 p.m., Jarron Springer, president of the Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association, took the microphone to thank the attendees for coming. He said changing the law was a matter of common sense. “What it comes down to is, why not wine? Why not now?”

Onlookers nodded appreciatively, and Springer introduced the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Bill Ketron, a Murfreesboro Republican. “Let me ask a question right off the bat: who likes wine?”

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