Billy Lynch is considered the Godfather of Metro. He's been through six different mayors over 45 years and run many different departments from HR, to Fire, to Public Works. I never met him but Mari knows him pretty well (I secretly think Mari is the other Godfather of Metro, literally everywhere I go everyone knows who she is, but that's another story.) He's a powerful player and he's retiring. When we got invited I thought, being such a popular and influential guy, there'd be decent crowd, a few hundred maybe? He packed an entire ballroom to standing room only, it was pretty amazing. It says something that with Mayor Dean sitting right there (along with Phil Bredesen, Bill Boner, and with Bill Purcell Skyped in) more than one speaker called him the real Mayor of Nashville. Dean didn't look too thrilled about that. Anyway, it was fun and a very interesting peak into the history and politics of Nashville. Oh, and he had cookies.
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Any chance that Saint Marri can take over and follow his path.
Mom and Dad
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