A comedian once explained why grandparents are so much nicer than parents:
"It's because they're old and they want to go to heaven."
That's also a pretty good description of Tate Reeves' performance during Tuesday's gubernatorial debate in Columbus.
There were two men in the WCBI studio, three if you count Tate Reeves, circa 2012-2019.
As Lieutenant Governor for the past eight years, Reeves built a record of cutting funding for state education, everything from K-12 to community colleges to u
Slim Smith is a columnist and feature writer for The Dispatch. His email address is [email protected].
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