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Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 01:51 AM Nov 2013

I'm Southern. In Tennessee. And I LOVE my mayor!

She was just appointed to the president's Climate Task Force!

President Obama just issued an executive order “to prepare the Nation for the impacts of climate change by undertaking actions to enhance climate preparedness and resilience."

Mayor Madeline Rogero (Knoxville, TN)


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/01/1252319/-President-Obama-issues-Executive-Order-on-Climate-Preparedness

Yeah, we Southern city-dwellers suck!
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I'm Southern. In Tennessee. And I LOVE my mayor! (Original Post) Fawke Em Nov 2013 OP
Very cool! I don't know much about her, but always glad to hear about Lucinda Nov 2013 #1
I haven't been to Knoxville in a long time, but I've heard LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #2

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
1. Very cool! I don't know much about her, but always glad to hear about
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 02:11 AM
Nov 2013

another Dem in office in Eastern TN.

LuvNewcastle

(16,845 posts)
2. I haven't been to Knoxville in a long time, but I've heard
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 02:12 AM
Nov 2013

good things about it. Someone was talking about southerners in cities?

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