July 18, 2006

More Candidates Posting Questionnaire Data Online

Yesterday I praised state Senate candidate Bob Krumm for posting all of his candidate questionnaires from various special interest groups online. Turns out he's not the only one doing so. Jim Boyd, Republican candidate for the 58th District state House seat, representing downtown Nashville and surrounding communities, posted a comment to that post noting that he is doing so as well.

Boyd is running for the GOP nomination to challenge incumbent state Rep. Mary Pruitt, recently caught by NewsChannel5 investigative reporter Phil Williams in a couple of instances of possibly illegal campaign spending. You can read all about that here. And watch the video version. It's rather hilarious, though if I lived in the 58th district I'd be embarrassed for Pruitt to be my state rep.

Boyd wrote:

I know this sounds like a petulant 'me too! me too!' but there are other Tennessee candidates posting their candidate questionnaires. (And by and large, they are NOT long-time incumbents!) I posted both the AFL-CIO candidate questionnaire and my experiences at their meet and greet back in early June, and I'm posting the new ones as soon as I fill them out. I also have a 'Head to Head' page pitting my views against my opponent, Representative Mary Pruitt.

Speaking of the AFL-CIO soiree, That is where I first met Bob Krumm and realized he would serve as a Tennessee as a State Senator as well as he served our nation as a Commissioned Army Officer... with duty, honor and dignity.