February 28, 2007

Cozy Contractors

NewsChannel5's Phil Williams exposes how the Tennessee Department of Transportation's contracting process remains ripe for corruption - and how a former TDOT employee with close ties to the Bredesen administration now lobbies for a company that seems to be winning an increasing amount of TDOT business. Do Bredesen campaign donors get preferential treatment on TDOT contracts? If so, it mirrors how the pay-to-play Bredesen administration routinely promoted Tennessee Highway Patrol officers based on their campaign contributions.