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Matt Pulle comments on the imminent victory of Mike Stewart in State House District 52:

Within hours, chants of “Waller, Waller, Waller” will ring out through the gritty streets of East Nashville.

A secret, internal EPA memo recently uncovered and released by two House committee chairmen revealed that EPA has dropped or de-prioritized over 500 Clean Water Act enforcement cases since July 2007 because of questions about whether the waters that the polluters discharged into is still covered by the Clean Water Act. Congress must act [...]

Via ThinkProgreess, the WH, according to Tony Fratto, doesn’t think Sen. Barbara Boxer has any standing to call for Stephen Johnson’s removal from the EPA.

A few days ago I received an unintentionally funny flier from state House candidate and corporate attorney Mike Stewart claiming to be green. That's a rather creative characterization, but give the candidate credit: He says all the right things.

A few days ago I received an unintentionally funny flier from state House candidate and corporate attorney Mike Stewart claiming to be green. That's a rather creative characterization, but give the candidate credit: He says all the right things.

Chris Sanders calls attention to an environmental protest candidate in Senate District 16:

Jeff Woods is continuing the drive to disabuse people of the notion that Waller Lansden, and those who work there, are Democrats.

And another thing about our favorite law firm, Waller Lansden Dorch & Davis. Remember the Erin Brockovich movie and all those corporate lawyers who were so obnoxious? Well, meet Michael K. Stagg, a Waller Lansden partner and the treasurer for Mike Stewart’s supposedly Democratic campaign for the state House.