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A string of raids by Immigration Control and Enforcement may be a result of recently passed legislation:

From Bill Theobold:

Campaign manager Ben Chao isn’t the only member of the Bob Tuke for Senate crew willing to put in work for a low price.

At his blog, Stacey Campfield puts out a plea for readers to hit his Paypal button. He says his campaign has 20 cents in the bank and debt (to him) of $16K.

Campfield, running for reelection to State House District 18, drew two Republican challengers in the primary, and no Democratic opponents.

Vibinc, a blogger in Memphis, is digging around and doing a bit of citizen journalism at his blog on Pinnacle/Labor Negotiations and has even interviewed a member of the Air Line Pilots Association in three parts of a series called Something Stinky In The Air.

The City Paper reports on a letter sent by a former inmate opposing the appointment of Corrections Corporation of America General Counsel Gus Puryear as a district court judge:

Friends of Gus Puryear are speaking out and striking back. An E-mail from one such individual was sent to me yesterday.

Yesterday I talked with Rob McGuire, the local prosecutor who brought charges against four CCA guards in the death of inmate Estelle Richardson, who in 2004 was found in her solitary cell with a broken skull and four cracked ribs.

Blake Fontenay remarks on the multiple Flinns and Fords in Tennessee Politics:

County Commissioner James Harvey, who was chairing the meeting at the time, mistakenly referred to Shea Flinn as “Commissioner Flinn.” Which was just a bit confusing since County Commissioner George Flinn, Shea’s father, was sitting on the other side of the room.