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Meanwhile, in a related case, Saturday's Tennessean reports: The allegations of political influence that sparked the unraveling of the leadership of the Tennessee Highway Patrol last year were never investigated by the agency, the THP said Friday as it made public a nearly empty case file on the incident that was missing some notes.The case involves the alleged attempt by the grandson of a powerful West Tennessee Democratic political booster to use his political connections to get out of a drunken-driving charge. The THP head at the time promised a full investigation, but didn't follow through. A year later, Bredesen was helping him campaign for election to the state legislature. Posted in Tennessee Government News
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As you know, no one releases a press release late on a Friday afternoon unless they want it to get buried in the news. Posted by: Sharon at December 2, 2006 1:06 PMPost a comment
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Deputy Gov. David Cooley, Gov. Phil Bredesen's right-hand man and the guy who orchestrated the Bredesen administration's politicized promotions process for state troopers, has 