Friday, July 17, 2009
Legislature / Politics / Woods PR Mission from Hell: Williams Tries to Make People Like Legislature
Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:27 AM
Well, House Speaker Kent Williams has taken it upon himself to fix that. He's embarked on a PR mission to persuade the public that the legislature actually was focused on the economy. Really, it was. No kidding.
Yesterday, reporters for three of the state's major dailies--Andy Sher, Tom Humphrey and Rick Locker--dutifully trooped into the speaker's office for a private, invitation-only propaganda pitch from Williams. It's only his latest effort. He's flacking a column in which he gives a bizarre, parallel universe view of legislative accomplishments. According to the speaker's column:
"In the Tennessee House we set as our goals to invest in job opportunities and economic growth, provide additional assistance to those hardworking men and women who have lost their jobs, protect funding for Pre-K as well as K-12 education, give additional help and protection to our elderly, provide for the health and safety of our citizens, pass a fiscally responsible budget and go home. We did just that."
The speaker's flack, Scotty Campbell, says his boss isn't having much success talking newspapers into printing this column (probably because even hillbilly newspaper editors recognize bullshit when they see it). "We're not getting a great reception even in Northeast Tennessee," where Williams lives, Campbell admits.
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