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Jennifer Brooks from inside the H

Even Perry Mason couldn't equal the power of persuasion that lobbyist Betty Anderson

The Tennessean asks questions about the ethics of lobbyist Betty Anderson, wife of House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh, lobbying on behalf of the Tennessee Bar Association on the future of the Judicial Sel

There are three hot-topic issues going on in Nashville as the Tennessee General Assembly winds down its 2008 session. The first deals with the unfolding saga of how we are going to select our Supreme Court judges (apparently, we're not).

John Rodgers on the latest comedy of errors in the legislature:

Republicans were meeting in the legislative library this afternoon in which only GOP lawmakers and staff could attend. Reporters were barred from entry.

Yesterday state officials provided information about a draft agreement for the state to start offering statewide cable TV franchises, just as AT&T wanted, and along the way the state will create a new oversight agency and a new fund to "promote" broadband internet access.

Lobbyist, lobbyist, Who wants to be a lobbyist? People with close ties governors and top ranking legislators seem to get all the plumb jobs.

From the scene article...

Bill Hobbs discusses the fact that Speaker Jimmy Naifeh's wife, Betty Anderson, has joined AT&T as a consultant. Furthermore, Governor Bredesen's communications director is leaving the administration to join a lobbying firm that represents AT&T. Why does this matter?

Bill Hobbs puts two and two together in his head and comes up with the four that he reads as meaning that Bredesen administration has taken sides in the cable battle in the legislature:

The Bredesen administration has just taken sides in the legislative battle between the cable industry and AT&T.