Taking The Mayhill
Posted on June 16, 2008 at 7:49 amThe New Yorker profiles Mayhill Fowler, the citizen journalist of the hour with Tennessee roots:
Fowler comes from Tennessee—“My mother’s from a Southern-gothic family with a rich political history,” she said—although many of her relatives have since moved to Houston, “or Hoo-town, as I fondly call it.” Her maternal grandfather, Watkins Overton, was the mayor of Memphis, and her great-grand-uncle C. P. J. Mooney, she once wrote, was a “muckraking newspaper editor who broke the power of the Klan in the state.”
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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. Read more
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Post Politics: 15 April 2008 - Afternoon Edition
Posted on at 11:38 amMayhill Fowler, the blogger who first posted the now infamous Barack Obama “bitter” remarks, describes herself as “born and bred in Tennessee.”
Knoxville journalist Michael Silence on the recent fundraising numbers out the Tuke campaign: “That is an impressive amount, if he’s running for mayor of Sevier County.”
The Alexander campaign confirmed to NashvillePost.com today that in the last fundraising quarter they raised a total of $982,552.90 bringing their cash-on-hand total to over $2.8 million.
Tennessee GOP Spokesman Bill Hobbs is catching heat not just for a rather forward press release about Barack Obama he put out under party stationary but for a blog posting on his personal site titled “The Natural Order of Things“ where he counsels Obama to “remember who is the boss.”
Rob Huddleston calls out Representative Jeanne Richardson for invoking the name of the Lord in a committee hearing over the issue of transsexuals being allowed to amend their birth certificates. The bill at issue has been dropped for the time being.
U.S. Senate candidate Bob Tuke follows up a press release by his Democratic opponent Mike Padgett on increasing educational opportunities for veterans with one of his own touting his status as a veteran.
Report John Brannon gives us an in depth report on the state house race developing in the wake of Rep. Phillip Pinion’s withdrawal from his reelection race in District 77.
Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle dismisses a cable industry lawsuit intended to block the Electric Power Board in Chattanooga from offering cable TV.
Spokesman Tom Hayden doesn’t think the Governor was talking about his boss, Rep. Lincoln Davis, when he described a swing district Tennessee superdelegate who categorized both Democratic candidates as politically poison to him.
The chairman of the Associated Press refers to “Obama bin Laden.”
Senators Alexander and Corker praise the merger of Northwest and Delta Airlines.
Metro Nashville changes its tree-trimming policies.
State Rep. G. A. Hardaway: “I want to be clear, This bill in no way will stop the dead people from their right to vote.”
A Tennessee gun enthusiast would like to introduce you to Speaker Jimmy Naifeh’s general election opponent.
Immigration attorney John Lamb asks, ideally, how long should one have to live in America to become eligible to run for President.
Tax Revolutionary Ben Cunningham reports that many aldermen in the town of Spring Hill are quietly trying to build support for a property tax. Mike Byrd is not surprised.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aide of their party: A bipartisan resolution honors Jack Daniel retiring master distiller.
A professor of law and sociology at Vanderbilt University asserts that our tax system has structural biases that favor those of a Caucasian persuasion.
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