Posted on 05/15/2014 10:13:40 AM PDT by jimbo123
Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may come to Sarasota next month for a speaking engagement to promote her latest book.
“It’s not confirmed or agreed to yet,” Mary Bensel, executive director of the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, said Monday.
Clinton’s management is currently arranging speaking engagements in Florida for this summer and “four or five other cities” are also expressing interest, Bensel said.
The lecture tour is to promote Clinton’s “Hard Choices,” a 688-page book about her experiences as secretary of state to be published June 10.
The Gulf Coast Community Foundation and AT&T have agreed to sponsor Clinton’s appearance if she agrees to include Sarasota as one of her stops, Bensel said.
The tentative date for an engagement at the Van Wezel is June 20.
Bensel declined to say what Clinton’s fee may be.
“We don’t like to talk about fees,” Bensel said. “We’re still in negotiations
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Her hard choice was between vodka or scotch.
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