priorities

By KATE HOWARD • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • June 27, 2008

Four detectives will be added to the city's domestic violence division by September to address one of the city's most frequent crimes, Mayor Karl Dean and Metro Police Chief Ronal Serpas announced today.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Tuke isn’t concerned about ending the War in Iraq — only our involvement in it:

What is our greatest calling? Is it not to love our neighbor as we love ourselves? (or in eastern terms, oneness)

Sean Braisted gets the quotable quote from Congressman Cooper pressman John “Jim” Spragens on Harry Reid’s unsavory opinion of the Blue Dogs:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn't think too highly of the majority of the Tennessee Democratic Congressional Delegation:

Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey ducks the big question:

Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey cited more immediate priorities when asked if running for governor in 2010 is still on his mind.

Paper writes Dean-critical article.

This year, the United States government is scheduled to spend more than $622 billion dollars on the military budget, which includes an additional $171 billion dollars for the occupation of Iraq. In comparison, the US will only spend $56 billion dollars this year on education and only $3.4 billion on energy development.

Hammond: Bond rating is still good (so does this mean he wants to borrow more?)

Pinkston: I want a contingency budget, maybe we need a 5% across the board cut AND a tax increase. Pinkston: No raises is fine with me.

What are your Priorities? Hammond- education, basic services including libraries, law enforcement, and economic development.