Robin Russell

[Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer]

He’s knows how to read people. He knows what Mamdani is.

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@us_connie recycling

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@BCBOB2 Love it! Let’s go BC!!!

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@mlycan12 @BrianTrimnal It’s called venue shopping - NCAA will do the same when they appeal. File in the jurisdiction where you have the best shot at getting the result you want

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@buildbball Facts

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@nypost 100% agree - ago away !!

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@fiago7 yes but you will need to shower after

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@lady_valor_07 1976

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@stoolpresidente MESSI

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@IrvingGatell Incredible

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@FreddyLA7 So glad you are back @FreddyLA7

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@FreddyLA7 FREDDY I missed you!! Welcome back! Don’t listen to the assholes

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@FOXSports Your FIFA announcers talk way too freaking much - like shut up

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@Nancy79209470 @ryanfazio Yup Just like Sandy - Canada has come to our rescue! Trucks are from Toronto

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@ChrisDeMuthJr @ryanfazio Unfortunately it’s like 1 mm per mile to bury lines and that’s a preCovid #

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@ryanfazio Truly - thx for responding and for your email

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

To add insult to injury the alert yesterday said we wouldn’t get power until midnight but then it updated to 6 pm yesterday - and NOTHING! How do you run a biz like this (this message was still the same this morning)

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@EversourceCT @ryanfazio @GovNedLamont So we now pay a ridiculous monthly subsidy to @EversourceCT. We have been out of power since Sat at 8:30 pm. On Sunday night Eversouce cleared downed lines on our street and we have not seen a truck since then.

[Robin Russell @RBRNC]

@EversourceCT wth is going on - this afternoon you change our estimated power return from tmw at midnight to tonight at 6 pm- well it’s almost 10
- what the actual hell