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Category: State Politics

  • Target Selection – 64>8

    Monday night, the Tennessee State House overwhelmingly voted to restrict a local government’s right to determine the terms of contracts, or that is the ultimate effect. In reality, the bill was proposed by a guy who was offended that an entity who contracts with a government can’t discriminate at will, something the Federal Government has…

  • 100 Days of Less than Little

    Yesterday, TN Gov. Bill Haslam celebrated his first 100 days in office with, what else, a snazzy press release. This first 100 has been busy folks, not so much for the Governor, who has been more than willing to sit idly by as the more firebrand members of his party run the state from the…

  • Home Rule, Schmome Rule

    This bill prohibits any local government from imposing on any person an anti-discrimination practice, standard, definition or provision that varies in any manner from the definition of “discriminatory practices” under present law or other types of discrimination recognized by state law but only to the extent recognized by the state. Under present law, “discriminatory practices”…

  • Getting His Oranges Confused #camporialaw

    Methinks someone is confused. In an article published last night on the issue of the $1000 he asked for to debate Del Shores, State Sen. Stacey Campfield asserts: Campfield said his request, which came in an exchange of messages with Shores, was simply to request a deposit to guarantee that his travel expenses would be…

  • Campfield on Ethics

    In light of Sen. Stacey Campfield’s possible ethical lapses, I thought it would be nice to see what he had to say about our last big ethical scandal here in the state…Tennessee Waltz. From his blog: Well, well, well, I have been talking about ethics for a while and some hated my ranting but now…

  • While the Cat’s Away… #Camporia Law

    “A public official should not receive anything of economic value or any compensation besides the official’s regular salary and benefits, other than as required or permitted by law or in the performance of his or her official duties, for any service which is significantly related to the duties, programs, or operations of the public official’s…