Post Politics: 17 April 2008
Posted on April 17, 2008 at 11:44 amThe Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released its annual crime statistics.
Knoxville’s Metro Pulse runs down the national political contributions of the Haslam political dynasty.
The Associated Press strives to achieve a more flexible business model.
Retiring State Rep. Frank Buck bequeaths his trademark vest to a colleague.
Females snagged in an immigration raid of the Pilgrim’s Pride Chicken processing plant in Chattanooga will be held in Nashville.
A Knoxville reporter follows a group concerned about healthcare issues to Washington, D.C., as they meet with Tennessee Congressional delegation members.
The American Prospect chides Sen. Lamar Alexander’s flat-tax proposal as a windfall for “incompetent investment bankers.”
A Germantown neighborhood association has chosen not to join their Salemtown brothers in signing a petition calling for increased security at the Bicentennial Mall.
Sen. Alexander, the third-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, criticizes his Presidential candidate’s plan for a gas tax holiday.
Despite being elected on a mandate to change the direction of the War on Terror, many in the congressional class of 2006 have not traveled abroad. Among the exceptions: Sen. Bob Corker and First District Rep. David Davis.
A bill banning mountaintop removal mining may get new life in the State House after a Senate committee approves the measure.
A “41-year-old, educated, intelligent, and hard-working woman with good common sense” from Nashville is outraged that one of the big issues in last night’s Democratic debate was Barack Obama’s choice of lapelwear.
Something to do with death: The Governor states plainly that a ruling in a Kentucky lethal injection case should clear the way for Tennessee to proceed in its use of the “three-drug solution” in its executions.
The American Courthouse argues that judicial retention elections are an elaborate farce.
A very detailed blog post on the water situation in Dickson.
A YouTuber riffs on a popular viral video classic telling us to “leave Barry Obama alone.”
Jackson Baker discusses what might have been if blogger Mick Wright had followed through in challenging his state representative and fellow Republican, Curry Todd.
Blogger R. Neal asserts that the Democratic primary is a classic study in machine vs. grassroots politics.
The Huffington Post reports that the populist Hillary Clinton had a far different opinion of white working class Southerners back in 1995.
Hedge fund managers are starting to look at getting into the student loan market.
Three more candidates have taken advantage of the extended deadlines due to the withdrawal of incumbent Rep. Phillip Pinion and have filed to run for the now open 77th District State House seat.
Jeff Woods reports that there is no big rush to fill the job of Director of Schools in Metro.
The revelation that Rep. Marsha Blackburn had misreported figures in the six-figure range in her campaign financial disclosures is a cause of concern for Shelby County Republican Chair Bill Giannini.
A federal rule change may result in layoffs for state social workers.
And finally, it has been revealed that Mayhill Fowler, the blogger who first reported Barack Obama’s comments on working-class whites seeking refuge in guns, religion and xenophobia, gave $500 to Fred Thompson’s campaign for President.
