Jeff on News 2
In anticipation of the public meeting this week, we invited channel 2 to come out and interview Jeff. They aired a short segment on Monday evening. Sorry about the ad before the story, it’s out of my control.
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We can’t let this happen, Tennessee is too beautiful for it. I love you and I love your farm and the spring, I pray everything is going to work out.