Feagins to supporters: ‘Let’s go take some seats’ in Shelby County election
Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins, seen in a file photo, spoke with former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin during an interview event on Wednesday, April 30. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Former Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins encouraged her supporters to “take some seats” in a Wednesday, April 30, interview event with former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin, according to audio and video excerpts obtained by The Daily Memphian.
“You will never be prepared. You’ve got to lead anyway. Don’t let my story scare you,” Feagins said in a video excerpt obtained by The Daily Memphian, whose reporter was denied entry to the event. “Seats are up. And the seats are for the taking, so let’s go take some seats.”
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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