Sanford: Gov. Lee was wrong in failing to defend teachers against unwarranted attacks
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
“Why would he just sit idly by and allow an outsider to trash Tennessee teachers and Tennessee colleges?”
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