Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Legislature / Woods A State House Zealot Shows His Shrewd Side
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:19 PM
In addition to all this new revenue from tractor-trailer tickets, the TRA and its directors also would gain fabulous new patronage powers under Hill's bill to fill positions outside of civil service for the next two years.
Curiously, Hill withdrew his bill six days after filing it. We think someone told the representative that he was courting a little negative publicity. It's a shame but some political reporters might have failed to appreciate this raw and unabashed grab for power.
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I'm not a right wing nut job, but in the main stream of the Republican Party..."
- 7th Tennessee House District candidate Matthew J. Hill, 2004 Jonesborough Debate
Conversely, if Mr. Hill is correct about being in the main stream of the Republican Party, perhaps the entire Tennessee Republican Party (or at least the Northeast Tennessee delegation) is full of right wing nut jobs...
If only one quotation from Rep. Matthew Hill makes the books, I am thinking that this gem is the keeper...I always find it to be very revealing that Hill felt compelled to state this to his future constituents for the record.
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