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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Politics McWherter Finds New Chink in Haslam's Armor

Posted by on Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:00 AM

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He's aliiiiiiiiiiiive! Mike McWherter sprang into action yesterday after weeks of silence in his campaign for governor, slapping Bill Haslam for opposing his plan to give tax breaks to businesses. Haslam calls McWherter reckless and irresponsible. But it turns out—ta da!—Pilot Oil has taken a half-million dollars in state grants and subsidies since 2007. Says McWherter:

"What's good for Pilot Oil should be good for small businesses throughout Tennessee. It's bad enough that Haslam opposes tax breaks for small business owners. Now we find out that his big oil company has received over half a million dollars in state subsidies in a little over two years."

Haslam's lame excuse? The governor made Pilot Oil take all that cash as part of a state initiative to expand the availability of ethanol fuel.

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