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Initiatives and Referendums are Bad; the People Unqualified to Participate

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Posted on July 3, 2008 - 6:48am at Blue Collar Muse
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A friend sent me a link to an editorial from the Hartford (CT) Courant authored by Robert Satter. Mr.

Now that’s progress–Tennessee Plan not re-authorized

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Posted on May 21, 2008 - 10:11pm at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance
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Sen. John Wilder’s effort to revive his Tennessee Plan reauthorization bill failed in the senate just before 8 p.m. this evening. Sen. Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) and Sen. Mike Williams (I-Maynardville) joined all Republican senators in voting not to bypass the Government Operations committee and bring Wilder’s bill directly to the floor of the senate.

Now that's progress: "Tennessee Plan" not reauthorized

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Posted on May 20, 2008 - 8:01pm at WisdomIsVindicated
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Sen. John Wilder's effort to revive his Tennessee Plan reauthorization bill failed in the senate just before 8 p.m. this evening. Sen. Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) and Sen.

Business TN Interviews Kim McMillian

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Posted on May 15, 2008 - 10:49am at Post Politics
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See the entire interview with the prospective Gubernatorial candidate here:

BTN: Early media coverage of your announcement has focused on your 2002 vote in favor of an income tax for Tennessee. What is your response?

Bill To Make Election Day Like Early Voting

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Posted on May 6, 2008 - 1:08pm at Post Politics
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What is the point of even having a precinct if you don’t vote in it with your neighbors. Are there some conveniences that maybe we don’t need?

Who will be our next sheriff?

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Posted on February 29, 2008 - 9:28pm at TennesseeTicket
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With no fewer than ten candidates to fill the interim spot left open by former Sheriff Billy Long's resignation, the Hamilton County Commission has struggled to locate a majority vote for any one of the contenders. It didn't help that the deal was: if you get appointed as interim, you don't run in the August special election. (Full disclosure: I support such a measure.)

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