Keith Bell accepted an appointment by the Tennessee ABC to serve as Assistant
Director, at yesterday's ABC meeting. We hear he starts Monday October
3.
The Assistant Director has historically been in charge of restaurants,
hotels and other on-premise LBD licensees. We expect Mr. Bell will assume the
role of LBD chief from TABC Director Danielle Elks, who has been filing in for
Caroline Smith for nearly a year after her resignation.
Mr. Bell will
have to become indoctrinated in the byzantine laws and unwritten customs that
are all too familiar to industry insiders.
Mr. Bell most recently comes
from a real estate title company in Hendersonville. He is a 1982 grad of the
University of Tennessee law school.
In other LBD news, reliable sources
report that Nashville ABC front desk staffer Melissa is being trained to take
over LBD renewals for Grace, whose last day is this Friday. Melissa will be
sorely missed at the front desk, but we wish her well with handling the huge
volume of renewals.
Stay tuned for more.
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