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House candidates to debate Saturday

By MICHAEL CASS

With the latest campaign financial reports comes news that Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis is trying to buy an election. (I know, I know, we’re supposed to be moving on to a new topic here at Pith, but I just can’t stop myself.)

Replacing Rob
Law firm tries to put one of its own in Briley’s old seat
by Jeff Woods

More than 4,000 bills were introduced during the legislative session on Tennessee's Capitol Hill over the last two years, but only a fraction of them officially become law on Tuesday, July 1.
Bills about budget cuts, cable TV competition and long-term care received plenty of attention this year.

Granted no one will be there but it’s still gonna happen.

So can you honestly call yourself a Democrat if you make a good living aggressively thwarting Democratic values in the courts and in the legislature?

Jeff Woods handicaps the race for state house in District 52. It appears he has a favorite:

Okay, I told Kathy I’d go home and mull this over and yet I’m having trouble, so I’m going to work it out here.

Things I Love About The House

(In no particular order)

The yard is amazing and yet not so large that I feel like I couldn’t handle it.

The front porch is solid.

The Dyersburg State Gazette notes a state house candidate out in West Tennessee “pulling a Briley”:

A candidate for the 77th House seat has been charged with driving under the influence and evading arrest.