Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Breaking News / Woods Morning Roundup: SJR127 Passes the Senate, Plus All the Budget Stuff and Other News
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 7:10 AM
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The Senate adopts SJR127 by a vote of 24-8, and sponsor Diane Black predicts House passage this time: "Some of the players have changed, but I fully expect it's going to make it to the (House) floor and get the majority vote that it needs" to pass. ... Rep. Stacey Campfield has drops his ridiculous claim of legislative immunity in the libel suit against him. ... Hamilton County GOP investigates "false" email. ... TBI seizes Knox County trustee office records. ... Tom Ingram leaves Alexander, goes to work for Haslam. ... The Oak Ridge lab snags $71 million in federal stimulus money. ... More unpaid furloughs at The Tennessean. ... The Chattanooga Times Free Press on the legislature's myopic focus on gun rights:
Tennessee lawmakers, like those in other state legislatures now pursuing the National Rifle Association's radical agenda, have far too little concern for the "well-regulated militia" side of the Second Amendment's gun rights. If they thought about it, they would require a range of regulations that vastly could help law enforcement keep guns out of the hands of criminals.State budget coverage: Chattanooga Times Free Press. ... Associated Press. ... Knoxville News Sentinel. ... The Tennessean. ... City Paper.
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Are Tennessean legislators so greedy for votes and so shortsighted that they don't know how much money these ideological bills will cost the taxpayers? The TN legislature is one of the scariest places on earth. No wonder we are in the bottom 10% on almost every quality of life scale.
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She Who Shall Not Be Named
on March 24, 2009 at 12:51 PM
