mayoral candidate

I've been arguing almost since I started this blog that we could house the homeless in pretty nice hotel rooms for the cost of the impact they are having while being forced to live on the street every night.....

Canada seems at times to be just eons ahead of us in progress.....

Chattanooga City Council member Debbie Gaines, who has served District 9 since winning former Councilman Yusuf Hakeem's seat in a special election, has announced that she will not seek reelection in March.

Mike Byrd is concerned that the current Mayor’s campaign could not identify prominent Nashvillian’s employers when reporting their donations:

Michael Cass underscores how the 2007 Karl Dean campaign stretched "best effort" to mean "the slightest, half-assed effort." How can a major mayoral candidate have staffers unsure of the occupations of some of Nashville's major players giving him major sums of money?

Former Nashville mayoral candidate and current U.S. Senate candidate Kenneth Eaton was interviewed by The Greeneville Sun, speaking about a variety of topics including immigrants and the laws that relate to them. While mostly aligning himself with the more statesmanlike politicians in this field, Eaton does use insensitive language in the interview:
Statesman:[T]hose whose only crime is illegal

The results of the poll are in, and the winner is....BEER!

Yes, Beer has gone back to being America's adult beverage of choice after being briefly challenged by wine a few years back.

The City Paper has a lengthy article detailing Jim Cooper's support for Obama the man, but not so much Obama the vehicle for a center-left policy agenda. Which got me to thinking, what if Obama taps Jim Cooper to join his cabinet if he's elected? Would Rep. Cooper rather spin his heels as the Ron Paul of the Democratic party?

From the Southern Appalachian Democratic U.S. Senate candidate’s campaign manager:

“We have raised $47,370 in the current reporting period.

Michael Cass reported last week t

Sharon Gentry trades on her “personal connections” pushing out a personalized email blast from her husband, former vice mayor and mayoral candidate Howard Gentry, under her school board letterhead: