grocery food

See the entire interview with the prospective Gubernatorial candidate here:

BTN: Early media coverage of your announcement has focused on your 2002 vote in favor of an income tax for Tennessee. What is your response?

Today we’re introducing a new Pith feature in which we honor the best bull[bleep]ters on the Tennessee political landscape. Lying comes naturally to politicians. But to win this coveted monthly award will take true talent, and we expect fierce competition from our legions of razor-tongued operators. Who told the biggest whopper of the past month? What do you think?

Wade over at the Donkey's Mouth points us to an article in the Memphis Commercial Appeal which shows that State Rep.

First, there was this piece of dirty politicking by State Rep. Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville) in which she blocked a Democrat from signing pro-life legislation despite his prior commitments to similar bills.

Ben Cunningham quarrels with an assertion by Governor Phil Bredesen that no one even realizes that the tax on grocery food was recently reduced:

At midnight tonight, it will get a little bit cheaper to buy food, as the state sales tax rate on food drops by half of a percent. Currently, the state sales tax rate is 6 percent for grocery food...

R. Neal highlights some new laws going into effect after the first of year including the half cent reduction of the sales tax on grocery food and the designation of the weekend of March 21 as a sales tax holiday.