The bobsled star said she is asymptomatic but still quarantined to a hotel room in the hopes that she will be able to compete when bobsled events start in week 2.
The piece begins with a reference to the racially insensitive incident involving Adonis Hoffman and CEO Dave Lougee, and the Board’s failure to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into that matter.
Specifics about this episode were reported by Deadline.com in March during what the site characterized as a proxy battle for TEGNA. The company has rebuffed acquisition overtures despite the preferences of some of its privately held investors. One stakeholder hedge fund Standard General is calling for a shakeup of the board and had initially nominated Hoffman for a seat. Lougee, a white University of Colorado Boulder graduate who was a 9News executive before being named to lead TEGNA in 2017, is said to have wound up on the hot seat after word surfaced about a 2014 industry event during which he mistook Hoffman, a longtime fixture in Washington media and regulatory circles who is Black, for a valet, handing him the ticket for his car. Lougee apologized afterward,
Volunteers with Hands On Atlanta participating in the 2020 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. | Hands On Atlanta
In addition to being a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is widely observed as a “Day of Service” for countless charitable actions and events across the United States.
This year, the first time the observance has fallen during a pandemic, groups are still holding events aimed at improving their communities, albeit with public health guidelines in mind.
One example is Hands on Atlanta, which has been organizing Day of Service events for over 20 years, with numerous projects taking place this year.