To conserve cash.
The bribes for influence peddling were no longer coming in, but there's close to a half-billion in the till (I say that based on the 2014 Tax forms filed by the foundation). It was being paid out for a huge staff whose work was more political than charitable. They're slowing down the outflow.
Speech was to start at 6:30pm.
It started past 7pm, to allow those to continue to enter.
We were waiting, in line, since 5pm, and never got inside, as by the time we got about 100 feet from the entrance, the speech was over.
The Auditorium sits 10,000 people, yet the hockey arena seats over 17,000, and people are screened and are able to enter, without much delay.
Nashville elected a radical, liberal Mayor (Megan Barry), and I’m sure she helped sabotaged this.