governor phil bredesen

If you want a concise rundown of some key points in Governor Phil Bredesen's state budget proposal, go see TennViews (R. Neal).

Also, the Hamilton County Democratic Party is taking a poll about the budget today. (I'm assuming the link will expire at some point.)

John Rodgers reports on a coalition of concerned citizens who will be attempting relay a message to Governor Phil Bredesen:

A conservative blogger discusses the legacy of Governor Phil Bredesen and compares him to various unsavory characters from the Bible.

So reports Knoxville News Sentinel chief Tom Humphrey with a current history of Tennessee’s budgetary conundrum.  Bredesen has “steered the ship,” as he described his management of state government some months ago, calmly and while working across the aisle.

Legacy. Governors and Presidents worry, “What will my legacy be?”. It’s a fancy-shmancy way of asking, “What exactly will they say I DID for 8 years?”

Ben Smith has some notes from Phil Bredesen:

I also spoke to Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen yesterday, who's callled for a "superdelegate convention" of some kind in early June, and who still thinks there's a risk that the campaign drags on through the summer.

Governor Phil Bredesen has sent a letter to Senator Randy McNally requesting the withdrawal of a bill which would authorize police to take away a motor’s drivers li

Justice Cordelia Clark will be the keynote speaker at the Maury County Bar Association’s annual Law Day.

The event will be held 9 a.m. Thursday at the Maury County Courthouse in the 2nd floor courtroom with the public encouraged to attend.

Tom Humphrey points out that Governor Phil Bredesen has taken state employee pay raises off the table die to the fact that now that it seems layoffs are the only solution to the budget mess: