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Archive for April 3rd, 2008

The State of Tennessee has made it difficult for me to steal video from their archives. I’m sure there’s an easy way to do this: I’m just too tired to find it today.
So, the passage of the gun bill in the Judicial Subcommittee is here. I cannot seem to locate Naifeh’s recall of [...]

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According to the Times-News, the Tennessee Department of Human Services has launched an investigation of alleged abuse at a Johnson City home for mentally retarded and developmentally delayed adults.
DHS Community Relations Director Michelle Mallory Johnson said the department received a complaint in late March of abuse at a home for disabled adults located at 1306 [...]

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Lamar’s Latest Challenger

… will be Ed who?
Updated to include campaign site.

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Meeting the filing deadline by the skin of his teeth or hair on his chinny-chin-chin… er, mustache, State Senator Mike Williams (I-4) has announced his intention to seek re-election. WBIR has the story, which I found via katie @ Knox talks.
Williams, a part-time Dale Earnhardt impersonator, will be running against Church Hill attorney/favored [...]

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No-Reveal Gun Bill Passes, Unpasses

Yesterday, in a meeting of the House Criminal Practice Subcommittee, a proposal (HB3137) to make confidential the names and addresses of Tennesseans who have handgun carry permits (and make publishing such information a Class E felony misdemeanor) was approved without debate.
Then, recalled.
Then, banished from consideration until 2012.
Freshman House member Rep. Henry Fincher called the bill [...]

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