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New Orleans Manor serves full crowd its last night

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Posted on June 12, 2008 - 3:57pm at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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Marissa DeCuir • June 11, 2008

Dumb Idea Du Jour

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Posted on June 9, 2008 - 6:01pm at Southern Beale
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Toll roads.

I don’t in principal object to the idea of toll roads, if the intent is to encourage, say, car pooling. But as a means of financing new road construction? Dumb idea!

Tennessee Dems Grab Gas Tax Issue

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Posted on May 8, 2008 - 1:52pm at Pith In The Wind
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Tennessee Democrats have found a new issue for this fall's legislative elections. Over the weekend, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey criticized a gas tax holiday as "a short-term gimmick" that would "devastate our road construction budget." Today, Sen.

Striking Similarities

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Posted on May 8, 2008 - 11:49am at Post Politics
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The Shelbyville Times-Gazette confronts Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey on the similarity of his position on the gas tax and that of the likely Democratic nominee for President:

“That’s one of those feel-good things that doesn’t do any good,” Ramsey said.

A waste of state money

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Posted on January 21, 2008 - 10:32am at David Melson
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Here's a unnecessary state expense we all helped pay for. "JOHNSON CITY (AP) -- State transportation officials are buying eight new condominiums in Johnson City, saying the buildings block sight lines for an improved highway. "State transportation department spokesman Travis Brickey says the condos weren't built yet when plans were approved to widen Tennessee Route 36 to five lanes. They went up as road construction was under way...

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