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He wants to review urban mayors' proposal
By COLBY SLEDGE • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • July 19, 2008

A proposal for free community college in Davidson County has Nashville Mayor Karl Dean intrigued, but he hasn't accepted an invitation to join mayors of Tennessee's largest counties in making the offer.

“My own totally unscientific polling has left me feeling that if there is one overwhelming hunger in our country today it’s this: People want to do nation-building. They really do. But they want to do nation-building in America.”

Two lobbyists have a query in with the AG do see just how far the new ethics laws go. From the Tennessee Journal:

I missed this little tid-bit from the Nashville Post, but apparently the Nashville Bar Association thinks Mike Jameson is the most highly recommended to take over the Circuit Court seat being vacated by Judge Walter Kurtz.

Michael Jameson - 23.9%
Joseph Binkley, Jr. - 20.1%
"Marsh" Nichols - 19.1%
Russell T. Perkins - 6.8%
Amy Gowan 4.

Tom Humphrey has a extremely intriguing article this morning covering the “non-lobbying” work two former Bredesen administration officials are doing on behalf of the two sides of the AT&T Cable conflict up at Legislative Plaza.