Bill Hall
8/23/2013 10:33:12 am
If you've never heard this historic speech, I urge you to set aside the 15 minutes you'll need to do so. Governor McCall announces his decision to sponsor the Vortex I rock festival, the first and only state-sponsored rock festival in history. This decision is seen by many historians as the decisive moment in McCall's administration. He famously told his staff he had "committed political suicide" by approving the idea.
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