Lamentations from a Senator.(Legislative Forum Roundup)

From: Parks & Recreation | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

One of the highlights of the National Recreation and Park Association's 2004 National Legislative and Policy Forum, held Feb. 25-29 in Washington, D.C. was Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), who spoke about "Reinvesting Federal Resources."

Alexander is no stranger to parks and recreation, having been politically involved with the cause during his governorship of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987. In 1984 President Ronald Reagan asked Alexander to chair the President's Commission on Americas Outdoors. "I've grown up at the edge of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in East ...

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