Sunday talk shows (the local versions) took off for the Memorial Day holiday. No updates.
House Speaker Paul Ryan is coming to town, but you’ve gotta pay $2,500 to find out where. Honest. The invitation sent to major GOP donors said the reception is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at a location to be disclosed upon receipt of donation. What is Ryan afraid of? The great unwashed?
Cherokee Country Club is a good bet for the venue – it’s just down the street from the Knoxville home Jimmy and Dee Haslam, and the money raised is going to Ryan’s PAC – Team Ryan.
Republicans are way too predictable.
Mickey Mallonee has been named estate manager for Villa Collina, a 37,000-square-foot waterfront mansion where the master suite cost $5 million. The house has been bad luck to date for owners/inhabitants, but Mallonee can’t be expected to live there. Although she could. The house has 50 rooms, 11 bathrooms and another 5 half-baths, a three-story library, 11 fireplaces, indoor and outdoor pools an elevator and a dance floor. Lordy!