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Roundtable to Discuss Transportation Issues Memphis Daily News State Senate Republican Leader Mark Norris, R-Collierville, will join a panel of legislators and experts to discuss public transportation issues at a Tennessee Legislative Roundtable at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The event is part of the 2007 Tennessee Public Transportation Association's (TPTA) annual conference. The statewide conference is hosted this year by the Memphis Area Transit Authority and will be held at the Memphis Downtown Marriott. A "Bus Roadeo" will follow the roundtable with participants from the panel of legislators, as well as members of the TPTA. Norris, a former chair of the Senate Transportation and Safety Committee, was named Legislator of the Year by the TPTA at its conference last November. Norris serves as one of a select group of transportation law experts on the National Academy of Public Administration's Intergovernmental Forum on Transportation Finance. Norris represents the West Tennessee counties of Shelby, Tipton, Lauderdale and Dyer.
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