Roy Exum: Bravo For Joan Carter! Friday, May 28, 2021 - by Roy Exum
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It was with a full dose of delight on Wednesday when I learned a bereaved Joan Carter had agreed to serve in an interim role on the Tennessee Legislature in place of her popular husband, Mike Carter. What a sterling tribute to Mike, who died on May 15, with cancer, and what a most deserved honor to Joan after a lifetime of support for a great civil servant! I can’t think of a greater honor to a more deserving person.
Granted, chances are it will be in name only for a short few weeks. The Hamilton County Commission will appoint an interim representative for District 29 in the state legislature on June 9 but already a special election has been called for later in June for the District 29 voters to decide instead of the county politicians.