Roane County’s New State Senator On The TVA Spill
Posted on December 30, 2008 at 2:08 pmIssued the day after the incident:
Sen. Yager toured the site by helicopter with Plant Manager Ronald C. Hall and was additionally briefed by Roane County Emergency Management personnal.
“The devastation is the worse than anything I have seen during my 24 years as Roane County Executive, said Yager. It is a miracle that no one was killed or injured.”
“I am impressed with the both leadership and cooperation of the federal, state and local agencies charged with cleaning up the ash and restoring the community inundated by this disaster,” Yager concluded.
Blame Canada
Posted on October 14, 2008 at 10:43 amThe TNGOP, as well as the Ken Yager for Senate campaign, strike back about a direct mail piece making the rounds calling out Yager for going to Canada:
What Ruppe doesn’t say is that Yager traveled to Toronto in 2004 to recruit businesses to Roane County on a trade mission sponsored by a member of Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen’s administration, Tennessee’s Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, Matt Kisber. Yager made the trip with the president of the Oak Ridge Economic Partnership and 40 other economic development representatives from Tennessee including city and county mayors. (The Oak Ridger, September 28, 2004)
“Ken Yager spent his 24 years as Roane County Executive working to bring good jobs to the area,” said Yager campaign manager Robert Kuykendall. “Apparently, Becky Ruppe does not believe that recruiting these jobs is time well spent for a county executive.”
Seee the full mail piece at this link.
The Democratic response courtesy of Mark Brown:
“Ken Yager believes that “economic development” means wasting taxpayer money on luxury hotels and meals at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and Morton’s. Most Tennesseans believe that economic development is about hard work and communication, not living high on the hog on the taxpayer’s dime.”
So He Has Decided About His Gubernatorial Run?
Posted on at 10:25 amOr is he just being a good party man:
Former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist will campaign across Tennessee this week for eight state legislative candidates as early voting gets underway on Wednesday.
Frist, who has aided each of these campaigns with fund-raising, will be doing events for state House candidates Terri Lynn Weaver, A.J. McCall, Bill Sanderson, Curtis Halford and Vance Dennis and state Senate candidates Ken Yager, Mike Faulk, and Dolores Gresham.
On Wednesday, Oct 15, Frist will campaign in the 40th House district for Terri Lynn Weaver, the 46th House district for A.J. McCall, the 4th Senate district for Mike Faulk, and the 12th Senate district for Ken Yager.
On Thursday, Oct. 16, Frist will campaign in the 77th House district for Bill Sanderson, the 78th House district for Curtis Halford, the 71st House district for Vance Dennis, and the 26th Senate district for Dolores Gresham.
“Sen. Frist’s work on behalf of our Republican legislative candidates has been invaluable in the pursuit of a Republican majority in the state Legislature that is committed to keeping our taxes low and working to create jobs,” said Robin Smith, Chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party.
One can, of course, find much more info about the candidates Frist will campaign for at the TNGOP’s Victory ‘08 website.
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So You’re Open To Voting For Ramsey Or Are You Just Flappin’ Your Gums?
Posted on September 22, 2008 at 6:50 am12th District state Senate candidate Becky Ruppe sounds off with some very Kuritaesque rhetoric on partisanship in Nashville:
Further, Ruppe faults Yager for being an “extreme partisan,” while depicting herself as bipartisan. Some fellow Democrats are annoyed to learn that she has voted in Republican primaries, Ruppe says.
She professes some annoyance of her own over “all this hoopla” over partisan control of the state Senate, which now has 16 Republicans, 16 Democrats and one Independent.
The outcome of the 12th District Senate contest between Ruppe and Yager could well decide which party controls the Senate next year. The district covers Campbell, Fentress, Morgan, Rhea, Roane and Scott counties and is represented by Sen. Tommy Kilby, D-Wartburg, who did not seek re-election.
“I have the ability to go to Nashville and sit down with people, no matter what party they’re in, and make things happen for our district,” she says.
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Welcome To The World Of She Doesn’t Have A Choice
Posted on August 17, 2008 at 1:59 pmChris Sanders is upset with 12 District state Senate candidate Becky Ruppe for coming out against gay marriage:
Ruppe’s ad is pernicious for at least one of two reasons. Either she is misleading the voters into thinking that marriage is an issue in Tennessee or she is whipping up prejudice against GLBT people to bolster her conservative credentials.
Or, recognizing that she is a woman running in a conservative, rural district, Ruppe is doing everything she can to try and keep this potentially swing district in Democratic hands.
Full Of Numbers And Percentages, Signifying Nothing
Posted on July 19, 2008 at 3:47 pmEd Cromer reports on a poll taken in the 14th State Senate District:
A poll taken June 22-23 for Republican candidate Ken Yager shows him leading Democrat Becky Ruppe in the District 12 senatorial race 35% to 21%. But 48% of voters are undecided. Yager, who was Roane County executive for 24 years, enjoys a name-recognition advantage over Morgan County Executive Ruppe, but most voters don’t know either of them.
The poll found 48% of likely voters favoring John McCain for president, versus 33% for Barack Obama.
The sample size was 300 voters, stratified by county to reflect historical voter turnout. The margin of error is 5.6%. The survey was taken by pollster Wes Anderson.
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