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Big Al Owens: President Obama visits Big Al in Nashville When a fellow worker asked Suzanne where BIg Al was that day, she said he was going to hear the President. The co-worker said she, too, had wanted go, but couldn't get a ticket, and then she asked how Big Al got his. Suzanne said, "Oh, he doesn't have a ticket, but he'll get in." And he did it in another singularly Big Al ploy, as he relates "I also met the man, name unknown, who was a secret service agent and we shared a conversation and I told him that if he was able to find an extra ticket to please let me know. The gentleman led me to his black SUV with extra dark tinted windows, and he reached inside to his briefcase and handed me a ticket to the event. I hugged this man very strongly and thanked him for his generosity." Big Al was going to hear the President speak. During the speech, the President glanced at Big Al and made eye contact, and a stranger said to him, "Did you see that? He looked right at you." And Big Al just said, "Yeah. I know." There's all this and so much more in this report. No one in Adair County should be surprised if Big Al doesn't win a big office one day. And to think, he got his start in Chicago and right here in Adair County, at Vester, just down the road and across the field from Bear Wallow, and in a big print company on Wain Street in Columbia, KY. Shades of Melvin Traylor. - EW Click on headline for full story with photo(s) By Big Al Owens Roving contributing CM Political Commentator On Thursday January 30, 2014, President Barack Obama visited McGavock High School in Nashville. I called my friend Mr. Roy Herron who is the chairman of the Democratic National Party here in Tennessee to see if I could get an invite to the speech by President Obama. Mr. Herron invited me down to the event and said that he would do his best to make sure that I had a ticket to see President Obama. I went to McGavock early on Thursday around noon, the President was supposed to speak around 4pm. I congregated with the UAW President and a representative from the Spring Hill GM Plant. We talked about the future of Unions here in America and how the American people would be hurting if we as a Nation decided to get rid of all of the Unions. All of the work that Unions have done to provide a good workplace and higher wages would be lost, and how there would be much bloodshed someday to gain back all that Americans would lose if we had no Union Representation. We also talked about my dad (Ron Goetz) and how I was able to have a much better life because of my dad spending 30 years of his life at General Motors providing for his family. Met many people who are trying to move Tennessee in the right direction While I was waiting around to see if I would gain entry into the event, I met many people who are trying to help Tennessee move in the right direction in the future. I met Mary Mancini, who is a candidate for State Senator from my District here in Nashville. We had an interesting conversation about her plans to help the people that she will represent. I also met Kevin McKenzie who is the Family Involvement Specialist for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. Kevin is involved with helping special needs students achieve their goals and find the right direction in life. Special needs consists of kids with ADHD, and other various incapacities find what works for them. Check out mnps.org, then click on McGavock-Kevin McKenzie to give you an overview of what his department is about. Met Jake Dunavent, a very important cog in the Democratic Machine I met Jake Dunavant who is a very important cog in the Democratic Machine here in Nashville. I am not sure what Jake does exactly but he played a Big role in trying to help Big Al who was on a mission. I met George T. Brooks Sr who used to be a truck driver until God led him to his true calling as a Reverend. He is a true man of God who leads his congregation according to the Holy Bible. I also met the man, name unknown, who was a secret service agent and we shared a conversation and I asked him that if he was able to find an extra ticket to please let me know. The gentleman led me to his black SUV with extra dark tinted windows, and he reached inside to his briefcase and handed me a ticket to the event. I hugged this man very strongly and thanked him for his generosity. Big Al was going to hear the President speak. I could feel the tension build in the high school gym as we awaited the President. The seal of the President was placed in front of the podium and the tension grew. President Obama said " I want to encourage more high schools to do what you're doing " in front of nearly 1600 fortunate people who were packed into the gym. The President spoke for nearly 25 minutes and as he spoke, everyone listened. President Obama is a great orator and he grabs your attention as he speaks. President spoke about how we need to make it easier for people to move up to the middle class President Obama spoke about how we need to make it easier for folks to work their way into the middle class. He also spoke about a student that had attended McGavock and graduated in 2012 and was lost when she first arrived in this country and many teachers told her that she would not succeed in life until she was "discovered" by the teacher who taught the broadcasting class at McGavock. Sara Santiago is now a student at Volunteer State Community College studying to become a video editor. President told crowd about his first plane, a rental one he has to give back The President also mentioned the school having an aviation and transportation class. He jokingly said that he did not get his own plane until he was 47, and he said that it is a rental and that he has to give it back. Big Al - 20 feet from President Obama and the lone representative of ColumbiaMagazine there I knew that I had witnessed something special that day as I listened to President Obama speak. I was 20 feet away from the President of the United States. I am still in shock that I was the lone representative from Columbia Magazine to witness President Obama speak. - Big Al This story was posted on 2014-02-04 20:02:09
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