Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Breaking News / Woods Morning Roundup: Small Army Lobbies for AT&T and Other News from Legislative Wars
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:32 AM
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Why is the University of Tennessee paying a six-figure salary to the wife of a vice president? ... Traffic cameras on interstates a no-go. ... Bottle bill fails again in the legislature. ... Senate committee won't go for popular election of lieutenant governor and secretary of state. ... A small army of lobbyists is pushing AT&T deregulation.Rep. Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, the bill's sponsor, took $1,250 from AT&T's PAC in 2007. He says:
"I don't know how much money I've gotten from them." It is "up to each individual legislator whether they let that kind of thing influence them. I would hope that nobody would. I certainly don't. I don't need the campaign money that bad, to be honest with you."A judge says anonymous online comments are OK. ... A report from Knox County's Lincoln Day Dinner. ... Jim Cooper calls Obama's budget "honest but ugly."
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SO, I am allowed (more or less) to speed on the Interstate with a car full of loaded guns (rifles, my bad) as I race to the liquor store on Saturday evening cuz I'm running outta wine.....
Why do we enforce the simple while permitting the complex?
Oh wait....
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dill emma
on 04/15/2009 at 10:34 AM
